Kelly Services Financial Ratios
NASDAQ: KELYBConsumer DiscretionaryProfessional ServicesUSD
At close: Oct 8, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Kelly Services ratio analysis
Kelly Services earned a net margin of -6.0% in FY 2025, down from -0.0% a year earlier. Gross margin was 20.1% compared with a median of 18.3% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached -26.0%, meaning Kelly Services generated -0.26 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.10 versus 0.19 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.54. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Kelly Services financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | — | — | 22.09 | — | 4.35 | — | 7.52 | 37.95 | 15.75 | 7.29 |
| Price / sales | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.16 |
| Price / book | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.62 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.95 | 0.84 |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 20.4% | 19.9% | 20.4% | 18.7% | 18.3% | 18.1% | 17.6% | 17.8% | 17.2% |
| Operating margin | -1.6% | -0.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.0% | -2.1% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Net margin | -6.0% | -0.0% | 0.8% | -1.3% | 3.2% | -1.6% | 2.1% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 2.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.7% | 0.4% | 1.3% | -1.8% | 1.5% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | -26.0% | -0.0% | 2.9% | -5.0% | 11.7% | -6.0% | 8.9% | 2.0% | 6.2% | 11.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | -11.3% | -0.0% | 1.4% | -2.3% | 5.4% | -2.8% | 4.5% | 1.0% | 3.0% | 6.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.54 | 1.65 | 1.59 | 1.52 | 1.45 | 1.67 | 1.59 | 1.56 | 1.49 | 1.58 |
| Revenue growth | -1.9% | -10.4% | -2.6% | 1.1% | 8.7% | -15.7% | -2.9% | 2.6% | 1.8% | -4.4% |
| EPS growth | — | -102.0% | — | -141.9% | — | -164.4% | 389.7% | -68.0% | -41.2% | 121.6% |