Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA) vs ManpowerGroup Inc. (MAN)

Kelly Services, Inc. and ManpowerGroup Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. ManpowerGroup Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.2B against $515.3M — 4.2× the size. Kelly Services, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; ManpowerGroup Inc. trades at 17.9×. ManpowerGroup Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.25% against −7.68%. ManpowerGroup Inc. has the higher net margin (0.64% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.67% vs 0.63%). Both pay a dividend; ManpowerGroup Inc. yields more (3.13% vs 2.16%). Across the 20 metrics below, ManpowerGroup Inc. leads on 16 and Kelly Services, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric KELYA MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m 17.90 23.57
P/S 0.12 0.11 0.28
P/B 0.49 1.01 1.24
Price to free cash flow n/m 269.68 17.58
EV/EBITDA 9.46 6.45 11.38
EV/Sales 0.14 0.13 0.34
Earnings yield (25.96%) 5.59% 0.15%
Free cash flow yield (1.60%) 0.37% 0.39%

Profitability

Metric KELYA MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 19.72% 16.05% 25.01%
Operating margin 0.27% 1.60% 0.29%
Net margin 0.00% 0.64% 0.04%
Free cash flow margin (0.05%) 0.04% 0.14%
Return on equity 0.00% 5.79% 2.93%
Return on assets 0.00% 1.44% 0.07%
Return on invested capital 0.63% 7.67% 0.32%

Growth

Metric KELYA MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.68%) 7.25% (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36,100.00%) (109.63%) (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.20%) (0.05%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KELYA MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.13 0.26 0.04
Current ratio 1.55 1.05 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 0.81 0.77 (0.08)

Dividend

Metric KELYA MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield 2.16% 3.13% 2.47%
Payout ratio — 0.57 0.50

Size

Metric KELYA MAN Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 515.34m 2.15b 461.40m

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