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 $260.0M against $22.8M — 11.4× the size. TrueBlue, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.2% against −12.9%. GEE Group Inc. has the higher net margin (−0.10% vs −3.35%) and the higher return on invested capital (−1.77% vs −9.68%). Across the 18 metrics below, GEE Group Inc. leads on 12 and TrueBlue, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m n/m 23.42
P/S 0.27 0.15 0.36
P/B 0.46 0.99 1.01
Price to free cash flow 16.25 n/m 16.25
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 9.41
EV/Sales 0.23 0.20 0.40
Earnings yield (0.38%) (22.71%) 1.15%
Free cash flow yield 6.15% (26.78%) 2.73%

Profitability

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 37.41% 21.20% 23.11%
Operating margin (1.02%) (2.87%) 0.08%
Net margin (0.10%) (3.35%) 0.27%
Free cash flow margin 1.69% (3.99%) 1.23%
Return on equity (0.16%) (20.23%) 2.31%
Return on assets (0.14%) (8.74%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (1.77%) (9.68%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (12.91%) 10.17% 0.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (45.45%) 61.39% (27.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (5.76%) (2.63%) 2.59%
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 0.32 0.08
Current ratio 4.95 2.28 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.88 (2.35) (0.22)

Dividend

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.46%
Payout ratio — — 0.42

Size

Metric JOB TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 22.81m 259.99m 558.08m

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