Kelly Services vs Insperity
KELYA and NSP side by side, both in personnel supply services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How KELYA and NSP compare
Insperity is the larger company, worth 4.0 times as much as Kelly Services ($1.9B against $476M).
Insperity grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.1% versus −7.7% for Kelly Services).
Insperity keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 0.04% compared with −3.1% at Kelly Services.
Both pay dividends: Kelly Services yields 2.2% and Insperity 4.8%.
Insperity scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 6 for Kelly Services), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | KELYA | NSP |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $476M | $1.9B |
| Share price | $13.71 | $50.48 |
| Change, 1 year | 59.6% | 49.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −21.7% | −57.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.87 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 3,600 | 4,200 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 561× |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 0.3× |
| P/B | 0.5× (better) | 43.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.3× (better) | 27.7× |
| P/FCF | – | 9.8× |
| FCF yield | −1.7% | 10.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $19.79 | $24.77 |
| Margin of safety | 30.7% (better) | −104% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −7.7% | 2.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −1.2% | 9.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −82.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −79.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 19.7% (better) | 13.0% |
| Operating margin | 0.27% | 0.29% (better) |
| Net margin | −3.1% | 0.04% (better) |
| FCF margin | −0.20% | 2.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | −11.9% | 4.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 0.53% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 9.52 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −2.86 |
| Interest coverage | 1.3× (better) | 0.8× |
| Current ratio | 1.55 (better) | 1.11 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.78 | 4.14 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 4.8% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 3033% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.52% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% | 5.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 75.5% | 112% |
| Held by insiders | 23.3% | 6.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$106M | $15.7M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 7.8% |
Go deeper
- KELYA stock overview
- KELYA income statement
- KELYA valuation and score
- NSP stock overview
- NSP income statement
- NSP valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.