Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA) vs Mastech Digital, Inc (MHH)

Kelly Services, Inc. and Mastech Digital, Inc are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. Kelly Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $515.3M against $76.6M — 6.7× the size. Kelly Services, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Mastech Digital, Inc trades at 68.9×. Kelly Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −7.68% against −13.6%. Mastech Digital, Inc has the higher net margin (0.67% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.85% vs 0.63%). Across the 20 metrics below, Mastech Digital, Inc leads on 14 and Kelly Services, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric KELYA MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m 68.87 23.57
P/S 0.12 0.44 0.28
P/B 0.49 0.81 1.24
Price to free cash flow n/m 13.13 17.58
EV/EBITDA 9.46 9.72 11.38
EV/Sales 0.14 0.26 0.34
Earnings yield (25.96%) 1.45% 0.15%
Free cash flow yield (1.60%) 7.61% 0.39%

Profitability

Metric KELYA MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 19.72% 28.21% 25.01%
Operating margin 0.27% 0.44% 0.29%
Net margin 0.00% 0.67% 0.04%
Free cash flow margin (0.05%) 3.36% 0.14%
Return on equity 0.00% 1.27% 2.93%
Return on assets 0.00% 1.02% 0.07%
Return on invested capital 0.63% 0.85% 0.32%

Growth

Metric KELYA MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.68%) (13.57%) (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36,100.00%) (82.14%) (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.20%) (0.28%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (42.70%) 0.00%

Health

Metric KELYA MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.13 0.00 0.04
Current ratio 1.55 4.27 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 0.81 (9.32) (0.08)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric KELYA MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 515.34m 76.62m 461.40m

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