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 $926.3M against $260.0M — 3.6× the size. TrueBlue, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Kforce, Inc. trades at 24.1×. TrueBlue, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.2% against −1.26%. Kforce, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.71% vs −3.35%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.7% vs −9.68%). 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 24.06 n/m 23.42
P/S 0.64 0.15 0.36
P/B 6.92 0.99 1.01
Price to free cash flow 37.90 n/m 16.25
EV/EBITDA 17.81 n/m 9.41
EV/Sales 0.79 0.20 0.40
Earnings yield 4.16% (22.71%) 1.15%
Free cash flow yield 2.64% (26.78%) 2.73%

Profitability

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 27.67% 21.20% 23.11%
Operating margin 4.04% (2.87%) 0.08%
Net margin 2.71% (3.35%) 0.27%
Free cash flow margin 1.68% (3.99%) 1.23%
Return on equity 28.27% (20.23%) 2.31%
Return on assets 9.31% (8.74%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.73% (9.68%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.26%) 10.17% 0.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.87%) 61.39% (27.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.00%) (2.63%) 2.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.08%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.87 0.32 0.08
Current ratio 1.93 2.28 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 1.16 (2.35) (0.22)

Dividend

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield 3.12% — 2.46%
Payout ratio 0.75 — 0.42

Size

Metric KFRC TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 926.25m 259.99m 558.08m

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