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How Kelly Services, Inc. stacks up
KELYA · against 972 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
11/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #824 of 973 · scores higher than 14% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score130 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including KELYA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 11?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 92% of peers. Return on invested capital: -7.0% vs peer median 7.1%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 88% of peers. Operating margin: -2.3% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 86% of peers. Return on assets: -0.9% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = KELYA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | KELYA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 941 reported | -7.0% | 5.1% | 11% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 970 reported | -2.3% | 6.4% | 15% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 935 reported | -0.9% | 2.2% | 19% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 923 reported | -24.3% | 6.0% | 7% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 978 reported | 19.7% | 23.6% | 40% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KELYAScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score