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Kelly Services price to free cash flow KELYA

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
28.4×
10-year median
14.7×
Against its 10-year history
79th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
2.5× to 430×
Peer median
21.8×

Kelly Services' price to free cash flow is 28.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 14.7×, higher than on 79% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.5× in Mar 2026 to 430× in May 2023.

The median for 9 staffing and Employment Services stocks of a similar size is 21.8×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far28.4×2.5×29.3×
20253.0×2.9×31.2×
202410.9×9.5×16.5×
202315.3×13.9×430×
202210.2×10.2×12.0×
202118.9×3.4×20.5×
20203.6×3.2×10.8×
201910.8×10.3×27.5×
201818.0×17.6×57.9×
201742.6×21.5×46.7×
201622.6×9.1×112×
201533.2×31.4×35.6×
20148.2×8.2×21.8×
201322.1×15.6×41.3×
201238.2×20.8×39.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Staffing & Employment Services nearest Kelly Services' size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
KELYAKelly Services28.4×
BBSIBarrett Business Services51.9×
KFRCKforce46.4×
RCMTRCM Technologies11.5×
HQIHireQuest23.8×
EFOREverforth8.1×
AMNAMN Healthcare Services4.2×
MANManpowerGroup32.1×
KFYKorn Ferry13.4×
RHIRobert Half21.8×
Peer median21.8×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.