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Kelly Services KELYB Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin19.7%-0.8pp20.1%-0.3pp20.4%+0.3pp20.6%+0.7pp20.5%+0.7pp
Operating margin-2.1%-1.4pp-1.6%-1.3pp-2.9%-4.0pp-0.5%-1.5pp-0.7%-1.6pp
Net margin-6.4%-6.0pp-6%-6.0pp-3.6%-4.6pp-0.1%-1.2pp-0.5%-1.6pp
EBITDA margin-1.1%-1.3pp-0.6%-1.2pp-1.9%-3.8pp0.5%-1.3pp0.3%-1.3pp
Returns
Return on equity-24.1%-22.4pp-23%-22.9pp-13.1%-16.5pp-0.5%-4.3pp-1.6%-5.7pp
Return on assets-11%-10.1pp-10.4%-10.4pp-6.2%-7.8pp-0.2%-2.1pp-0.8%-2.9pp
Return on invested capital-6.6%-4.2pp-5.4%-4.2pp-9%-12.6pp-1.5%-4.9pp-2.4%-5.9pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover1.7×-0.1×1.7×+0.1×1.7×+0.1×1.7×0.0×1.8×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.6×-0.1×1.5×-0.1×1.6×0.0×1.5×-0.1×1.6×-0.2×
Quick ratio1.6×-0.1×1.5×-0.1×1.6×0.0×1.5×-0.1×1.6×-0.2×
Cash ratio0.0×0.0×0.0×0.0×-0.2×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.2×0.0×0.2×-0.1×0.2×-0.1×0.1×-0.1×0.2×+0.2×
Debt-to-assets0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×-0.1×0.1×+0.1×
Per Share
Book value per share$28.15-19.4%$27.82-20.0%$31.59-11.3%$35.47-0.5%$34.94-2.0%
Valuation
Market capitalization$624.05M+46.6%$486.26M-3.8%$389.88M-45.1%$440.04M-47.2%$410.63M-49.3%
Enterprise value$778.45M+18.4%$607.66M-20.3%$531.88M-44.7%$549.44M-48.2%$642.23M-1.4%
Price / sales0.2×+0.1×0.1×0.0×0.1×-0.1×0.1×-0.1×0.1×-0.1×
Price / book0.6×+0.3×0.5×+0.1×0.3×-0.2×0.3×-0.3×0.3×-0.3×
EV / sales0.2×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×-0.1×0.1×-0.1×0.1×0.0×
Earnings yield-42.6%-37.8pp-52.3%-52.1pp-40.3%-46.3pp-1.4%-7.2pp-5%-11.4pp
Dividend yield1.7%-0.8pp2.3%+0.1pp2.8%+1.3pp2.5%+1.2pp2.7%+1.3pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Kelly Services's profit margins?
Kelly Services (KELYB) runs a 19.7% gross margin and a -2.1% operating margin, with a -6.4% net margin.
Where do Kelly Services's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Kelly Services's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.