What is Kelly Services's earnings yield?

Kelly Services (KELYA) reported earnings yield of -49.3% in Q1 2026.

How has Kelly Services's earnings yield changed year-over-year?

Kelly Services's earnings yield decreased by 882.9% year-over-year, from -5% to -49.3%.

What is the long-term trend for Kelly Services's earnings yield?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Kelly Services's earnings yield has grown at a 21.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 23.7% to -52.3%.

What does earnings yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.

Kelly Services KELYA Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.0B-10.7%

Gross profit$196.4M-17.0%

Operating income-$5.1M-147%

Net income-$5.9M-202%

EPS (diluted)-$0.17-206%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$29.5M-14.5%

Total debt$183.9M-30.9%

Total equity$968.5M-21.9%

Total assets$2.3B-13.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$25.4M-206%

CapEx$1.1M-56.0%

Free cash flow-$26.5M-224%

Valuation

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Market cap$624.05M+4.8%

Enterprise value$778.45M-9.4%

P/S0.2×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin19.7%-0.8pp

Operating margin-2.1%-4.2pp

Net margin-6.4%-7.0pp

FCF margin1.6%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-24.1%-26.0pp

Debt / equity0.2×0.0×

Current ratio1.6×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Kelly Services’s reported figures.

net income/market cap=-49.3%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Kelly Services’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Kelly Services's earnings yield?: Kelly Services (KELYA) reported earnings yield of -49.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Kelly Services's earnings yield changed year-over-year?: Kelly Services's earnings yield decreased by 882.9% year-over-year, from -5% to -49.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Kelly Services's earnings yield?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Kelly Services's earnings yield has grown at a 21.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 23.7% to -52.3%.
What does earnings yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.