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Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA) vs Star Equity Holdings, Inc. (STRR)

Kelly Services, Inc. and Star Equity Holdings, Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. Kelly Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $515.3M against $35.1M — 14.7× the size. Star Equity Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 52.2% against −7.68%. Kelly Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.00% vs −5.27%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.63% vs −8.53%). Across the 18 metrics below, Kelly Services, Inc. leads on 11 and Star Equity Holdings, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric KELYA STRR Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m n/m 23.57
P/S 0.12 0.17 0.28
P/B 0.49 0.59 1.24
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 17.58
EV/EBITDA 9.46 n/m 11.38
EV/Sales 0.14 0.14 0.34
Earnings yield (25.96%) (28.69%) 0.15%
Free cash flow yield (1.60%) (28.09%) 0.39%

Profitability

Metric KELYA STRR Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 19.72% 42.04% 25.01%
Operating margin 0.27% (3.40%) 0.29%
Net margin 0.00% (5.27%) 0.04%
Free cash flow margin (0.05%) (4.74%) 0.14%
Return on equity 0.00% (22.11%) 2.93%
Return on assets 0.00% (13.49%) 0.07%
Return on invested capital 0.63% (8.53%) 0.32%

Growth

Metric KELYA STRR Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.68%) 52.15% (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36,100.00%) (16.35%) (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.20%) 11.16% 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KELYA STRR Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.13 0.09 0.04
Current ratio 1.55 1.96 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 0.81 6.09 (0.08)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric KELYA STRR Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 515.34m 35.05m 461.40m

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