Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYB) vs Insperity, Inc. (NSP)

Kelly Services, Inc. and Insperity, Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. Insperity, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.9B against $659.7M — 2.9× the size. Insperity, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.64% against −9.63%. Insperity, Inc. has the higher net margin (−0.23% vs −6.73%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs −5.54%). Across the 20 metrics below, Insperity, Inc. leads on 13 and Kelly Services, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric KELYB NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E n/m n/m 23.42
P/S 0.19 0.28 0.36
P/B 0.80 32.01 1.01
Price to free cash flow 36.59 10.06 16.25
EV/EBITDA 13.67 40.77 9.41
EV/Sales 0.21 0.24 0.40
Earnings yield (34.45%) (0.84%) 1.15%
Free cash flow yield 2.73% 9.94% 2.73%

Profitability

Metric KELYB NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 19.67% 12.89% 23.11%
Operating margin (2.26%) (0.04%) 0.08%
Net margin (6.73%) (0.23%) 0.27%
Free cash flow margin 0.53% 2.82% 1.23%
Return on equity (24.32%) (18.50%) 2.31%
Return on assets (11.41%) (0.75%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (5.54%) 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric KELYB NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (9.63%) 2.64% 0.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (36,100.00%) (107.85%) (27.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.20%) 9.70% 2.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KELYB NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.08 6.87 0.08
Current ratio 1.50 1.11 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.81 (10.66) (0.22)

Dividend

Metric KELYB NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield — 4.67% 2.46%
Payout ratio — — 0.42

Size

Metric KELYB NSP Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 659.70m 1.94b 558.08m

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