Kforce, Inc. (KFRC) vs TrueBlue, Inc. (TBI)

Kforce, Inc. and TrueBlue, Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. Kforce, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $997.7M against $376.3M — 2.7× the size. TrueBlue, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Kforce, Inc. trades at 23.3×. TrueBlue, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against 2.14%. Kforce, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.98% vs −2.55%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.9% vs −6.52%). Across the 19 metrics below, Kforce, Inc. leads on 10 and TrueBlue, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E 23.27 n/m 23.57
P/S 0.68 0.22 0.28
P/B 6.85 1.47 1.24
Price to free cash flow 107.98 n/m 17.58
EV/EBITDA 17.04 n/m 11.38
EV/Sales 0.83 0.28 0.34
Earnings yield 4.30% (12.68%) 0.15%
Free cash flow yield 0.93% (18.48%) 0.39%

Profitability

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 27.79% 20.65% 25.01%
Operating margin 4.51% (2.05%) 0.29%
Net margin 2.98% (2.55%) 0.04%
Free cash flow margin 0.63% (4.06%) 0.14%
Return on equity 30.46% (15.92%) 2.93%
Return on assets 10.16% (6.68%) 0.07%
Return on invested capital 15.85% (6.52%) 0.32%

Growth

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.14% 12.42% (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.87%) 61.39% (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.00%) (2.63%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.08%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.79 0.38 0.04
Current ratio 1.95 2.33 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 1.16 (2.35) (0.08)

Dividend

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield 2.86% — 2.47%
Payout ratio 0.67 — 0.50

Size

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 997.66m 376.29m 461.40m

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