SuperworthKelly Services profit margin KELYA
Gross, operating and net profit as a share of revenue over the last twelve months, from 2011.
- Net margin, 12 months
- −6.7%
- Operating margin, 12 months
- −2.3%
- Net margin on a year earlier
- −6.6 pts
- Peer median
- 2.8%
Over the twelve months to Jun 28, 2026, Kelly Services kept −6.7% of its revenue as net profit, with an operating margin of −2.3% and a gross margin of 19.7%.
Five years earlier its net margin was 1.9%.
The median for 9 staffing and Employment Services stocks of a similar size is 2.8%.
Profit margin over time
Fiscal year by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Net margin | Operating margin | Gross margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −6.0% | −1.6% | 20.1% |
| FY2024 | −0.0% | −0.3% | 20.4% |
| FY2023 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 19.9% |
| FY2022 | −1.3% | 0.3% | 20.4% |
| FY2021 | 3.2% | 1.0% | 18.7% |
| FY2020 | −1.6% | −2.1% | 18.3% |
| FY2019 | 2.1% | 1.5% | 18.1% |
| FY2018 | 0.4% | 1.6% | 17.6% |
| FY2017 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 17.8% |
| FY2016 | 2.3% | 1.2% | 17.2% |
| FY2015 | 1.0% | 1.2% | 16.7% |
| FY2014 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 16.3% |
| FY2013 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 16.4% |
| FY2012 | 0.9% | 1.3% | 16.4% |
| FY2011 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 15.9% |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Ended | Net margin, 12 months | Change on a year | Operating margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY26 | −6.7% | −6.6 pts | −2.3% | |
| Q1 FY26 | −6.4% | −6.0 pts | −2.1% | |
| Q4 FY25 | −6.0% | −6.0 pts | −1.6% | |
| Q3 FY25 | −3.6% | −4.6 pts | −2.9% | |
| Q2 FY25 | −0.1% | −1.2 pts | −0.5% | |
| Q1 FY25 | −0.5% | −1.6 pts | −0.7% | |
| Q4 FY24 | −0.0% | −0.8 pts | −0.3% | |
| Q3 FY24 | 1.0% | +0.5 pts | 1.1% | |
| Q2 FY24 | 1.1% | +1.1 pts | 1.0% | |
| Q1 FY24 | 1.1% | +1.2 pts | 0.9% | |
| Q4 FY23 | 0.8% | +2.0 pts | 0.5% | |
| Q3 FY23 | 0.5% | +0.3 pts | 0.4% |
Against its peers
Companies in Staffing & Employment Services nearest Kelly Services' size, closest first, today.
| Company | Profit margin |
|---|---|
| KELYAKelly Services | −6.7% |
| BBSIBarrett Business Services | 2.8% |
| KFRCKforce | 2.7% |
| RCMTRCM Technologies | 5.1% |
| HQIHireQuest | 27.1% |
| EFOREverforth | 2.1% |
| AMNAMN Healthcare Services | 3.1% |
| MANManpowerGroup | 0.6% |
| KFYKorn Ferry | 9.4% |
| RHIRobert Half | 2.2% |
| Peer median | 2.8% |
Where Kelly Services ranks
What the profit margin tells you
Profit as a share of revenue at three levels: gross (after making the product), operating (after running the business) and net (after everything, including tax and interest).
Compare within an industry. 10% is superb for a retailer and poor for a software company.
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