KELYB vs. KELYA, BBSI, CCRN, KFRC, TTEC, TBI, ARIS, PCT, MDRX, and NYAX
Should you be buying Kelly Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelly Services include Kelly Services (KELYA), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Kforce (KFRC), TTEC (TTEC), TrueBlue (TBI), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Veradigm (MDRX), and Nayax (NYAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) and Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYB) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Kelly Services had 7 more articles in the media than Kelly Services. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Kelly Services and 5 mentions for Kelly Services. Kelly Services' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Kelly Services' score of 0.07 indicating that Kelly Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kelly Services pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Kelly Services pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Kelly Services pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kelly Services pays out 30.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Kelly Services received 129 more outperform votes than Kelly Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.19% of users gave Kelly Services an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Kelly Services an outperform vote.
Kelly Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kelly Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kelly Services currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.83%. Given Kelly Services' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kelly Services is more favorable than Kelly Services.
76.3% of Kelly Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kelly Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Kelly Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 93.1% of Kelly Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kelly Services has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelly Services has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kelly Services and Kelly Services tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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