Mastech Digital, Inc (MHH) vs TrueBlue, Inc. (TBI)

Mastech Digital, Inc and TrueBlue, Inc. are both Staffing & Employment Services companies. TrueBlue, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $376.3M against $76.6M — 4.9× the size. TrueBlue, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Mastech Digital, Inc trades at 68.9×. TrueBlue, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against −13.6%. Mastech Digital, Inc has the higher net margin (0.67% vs −2.55%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.85% vs −6.52%). Across the 19 metrics below, Mastech Digital, Inc leads on 15 and TrueBlue, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric MHH TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
P/E 68.87 n/m 23.57
P/S 0.44 0.22 0.28
P/B 0.81 1.47 1.24
Price to free cash flow 13.13 n/m 17.58
EV/EBITDA 9.72 n/m 11.38
EV/Sales 0.26 0.28 0.34
Earnings yield 1.45% (12.68%) 0.15%
Free cash flow yield 7.61% (18.48%) 0.39%

Profitability

Metric MHH TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Gross margin 28.21% 20.65% 25.01%
Operating margin 0.44% (2.05%) 0.29%
Net margin 0.67% (2.55%) 0.04%
Free cash flow margin 3.36% (4.06%) 0.14%
Return on equity 1.27% (15.92%) 2.93%
Return on assets 1.02% (6.68%) 0.07%
Return on invested capital 0.85% (6.52%) 0.32%

Growth

Metric MHH TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (13.57%) 12.42% (2.94%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (82.14%) 61.39% (21.61%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.28%) (2.63%) 1.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (42.70%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric MHH TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.38 0.04
Current ratio 4.27 2.33 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA (9.32) (2.35) (0.08)

Dividend

Metric MHH TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Dividend yield — — 2.47%
Payout ratio — — 0.50

Size

Metric MHH TBI Staffing & Employment Services median
Market cap 76.62m 376.29m 461.40m

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