Kelly Services, Inc.
Rank #153DeclineKELYA · Nasdaq · Industrials
Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA) — Rank #153 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.37) · ROE -25.9% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000055135 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Kelly Services, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides workforce solutions to various industries in the Americas, Europe, Mexico, and the Asia-Pacific region.
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It operates in three segments: Enterprise Talent Management, Science, Engineering & Technology, and Education. The Enterprise Talent Management segment delivers temporary staffing, outcome-based, and permanent placement services providing administrative, accounting, and finance; light industrial; contact center staffing; and other workforce solutions. This segment also delivers talent solutions, including managed service provider, payroll process outsourcing, recruitment process outsourcing solutions, and executive coaching programs to customers on a global basis that includes its RocketPower and Sevenstep brands. The Science, Engineering & Technology segment offers temporary staffing, outcome-based, and permanent placement services in the areas of science and clinical research, engineering, technology, and telecommunications specialties. The Education segment provides staffing, permanent placement, and executive search services to pre-K-12 school districts and education organizations. Kelly Services, Inc.
was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.
- Industry
- Staffing & Employment Services
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- DE
- Filer Category
- Accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- January 3
- Website
- kellyservices.com
Financials
Weakening
Direction over 5 fiscal years
- Free cash flowdeteriorating
- Gross marginstable
- Gross profitabilitydeteriorating
- Net cashimproving
- Operating margindeteriorating
- Return on equitydeteriorating
- Share count (dilution)improving
Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.
Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.
| Fiscal year end | 2023-01-01filed 2023-02-16 | 2022-01-02filed 2022-02-17 | 2021-01-03filed 2021-02-18 | 2019-12-29filed 2020-02-13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||
| Revenue | 4,965.4 | 4,909.7 | 4,516.0 | 5,355.6 |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -9.9% | -11.0% | -18.1% | -2.9% |
| Gross profit | 1,011.8 | 919.2 | 827.6 | 968.4 |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 18.7% | 18.3% | 18.1% |
| Net income | (62.5) | 156.1 | (72.0) | 112.4 |
| Net margin | -1.3% | 3.2% | -1.6% | 2.1% |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.64 | $3.91 | -$1.83 | $2.84 |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -141.9% | 313.7% | -164.4% | — |
| Cash flow | ||||
| Operating cash flow | (76.3) | 85.0 | 186.0 | 102.2 |
| Capital expenditures | 12.0 | 11.2 | 15.5 | 20.0 |
| Free cash flow | (88.3) | 73.8 | 170.5 | 82.2 |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?