Kelly Services Inc
KELYA Nasdaq· Services-Help Supply Services
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$16.45
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Kelly Services Inc had $4.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 1.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed −1.2% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −1.6%, down 1.3 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −2 is left after running the business.
- Kelly Services Inc lost $254M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $114M in fiscal 2025, 2.7% of revenue.
- Kelly Services Inc returned $11.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 10% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.1%.
- Kelly Services Inc owes $68.9M more than it holds in cash.
Market cap
$579M
P/E
—
Revenue
$4.3B
Net income
−$254M
Free cash flow
$114M
Operating margin
−1.6%
Kelly Services Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−1.9%
No. Sales fell 1.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−6.0%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
2.7%
Partly. 2.7% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 9
Mixed. It passes 5 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Kelly Services Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 28, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 12, 2026
- Legal name
- KELLY SERVICES INC
- CIK
- 0000055135
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $4.9B | $5.0B | $4.8B | $4.3B | $4.3B |
| Revenue growth | 8.7% | 1.1% | −2.6% | −10.4% | −1.9% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 20.4% | 19.9% | 20.4% | 20.1% |
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.5% | −0.3% | −1.6% |
| Net income | $156M | −$62.5M | $36.4M | −$0.6M | −$254M |
| Net margin | 3.2% | −1.3% | 0.8% | −0.0% | −6.0% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.91 | −$1.64 | $0.98 | −$0.02 | −$7.24 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $85.0M | −$76.3M | $76.7M | $26.9M | $123M |
| Capital expenditure | $11.2M | $12.0M | $15.3M | $11.1M | $8.5M |
| Free cash flow | $73.8M | −$88.3M | $61.4M | $15.8M | $114M |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | −1.8% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Dividends paid | $4.0M | $10.6M | $11.0M | $10.9M | $11.0M |
| Share count change | 0.5% | −3.5% | −4.7% | −2.2% | −1.1% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $113M | $154M | $126M | $39.0M | $33.0M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $3.1M | $1.9M | $0.0M | $239M | $102M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $977M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.4x | −3.1x | −2.2x | 8.0x | — |
| Current ratio | 1.5x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.5x |
| Interest coverage | 19.4x | 7.0x | 7.6x | −1.4x | −5.6x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 3.2% | 1.1% | 2.2% | −0.8% | −5.3% |
| Return on equity | 12.3% | −4.8% | 2.9% | −0.0% | −23.0% |
| Return on tangible equity | 14.1% | −6.6% | 3.7% | −0.1% | −46.4% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.3M
3 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$106M
3 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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At $16.45 a share, the company is worth $579M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000055135). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.