GEE Group Inc. (JOB) vs TrueBlue, Inc. (TBI)

GEE Group Inc. and TrueBlue, Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. TrueBlue, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $376.3M against $20.9M — 18.0× the size. TrueBlue, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against −12.9%. GEE Group Inc. has the higher net margin (−0.10% vs −2.55%) and the higher return on invested capital (−1.77% vs −6.52%). Across the 18 metrics below, GEE Group Inc. leads on 13 and TrueBlue, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m n/m 23.57
P/S 0.25 0.22 0.28
P/B 0.41 1.47 1.24
Price to free cash flow 14.70 n/m 17.58
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 11.38
EV/Sales 0.21 0.28 0.34
Earnings yield (0.42%) (12.68%) 0.15%
Free cash flow yield 6.80% (18.48%) 0.39%

Profitability

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 37.41% 20.65% 25.01%
Operating margin (1.02%) (2.05%) 0.29%
Net margin (0.10%) (2.55%) 0.04%
Free cash flow margin 1.69% (4.06%) 0.14%
Return on equity (0.16%) (15.92%) 2.93%
Return on assets (0.14%) (6.68%) 0.07%
Return on invested capital (1.77%) (6.52%) 0.32%

Growth

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (12.91%) 12.42% (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (45.45%) 61.39% (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (5.76%) (2.63%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.38 0.04
Current ratio 4.95 2.33 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 (2.35) (0.08)

Dividend

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.47%
Payout ratio — — 0.50

Size

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 20.87m 376.29m 461.40m

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