Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYB) 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 $659.7M against $77.1M — 8.6× the size. Kelly Services, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Mastech Digital, Inc trades at 37.4×. Kelly Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −9.63% against −11.8%. Mastech Digital, Inc has the higher net margin (1.18% vs −6.73%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.73% vs −5.54%). Across the 21 metrics below, Mastech Digital, Inc leads on 16 and Kelly Services, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric KELYB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m 37.35 23.42
P/S 0.19 0.43 0.36
P/B 0.80 0.83 1.01
Price to free cash flow 36.59 8.03 16.25
EV/EBITDA 13.67 8.86 9.41
EV/Sales 0.21 0.27 0.40
Earnings yield (34.45%) 2.68% 1.15%
Free cash flow yield 2.73% 12.45% 2.73%

Profitability

Metric KELYB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 19.67% 27.97% 23.11%
Operating margin (2.26%) 0.88% 0.08%
Net margin (6.73%) 1.18% 0.27%
Free cash flow margin 0.53% 5.38% 1.23%
Return on equity (24.32%) 2.31% 2.31%
Return on assets (11.41%) 1.89% 0.00%
Return on invested capital (5.54%) 1.73% 0.00%

Growth

Metric KELYB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (9.63%) (11.76%) 0.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36,100.00%) (82.14%) (27.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.20%) (0.28%) 2.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (42.70%) 0.00%

Health

Metric KELYB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.08 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 1.50 4.10 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.81 (9.32) (0.22)

Dividend

Metric KELYB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.46%
Payout ratio — — 0.42

Size

Metric KELYB MHH Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 659.70m 77.12m 558.08m

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