HAYS (OTCMKTS:HAYPY) and Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYB) Critical Comparison

HAYS (OTCMKTS:HAYPY) and Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYB) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Kelly Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 93.1% of Kelly Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares HAYS and Kelly Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HAYS	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kelly Services	-6.44%	3.07%	1.41%

Volatility and Risk

HAYS has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kelly Services has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for HAYS and Kelly Services, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HAYS	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kelly Services	1	0	0	0	1.00

Dividends

HAYS pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Kelly Services pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Kelly Services pays out -3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares HAYS and Kelly Services”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HAYS	$8.55 billion	0.07	-$10.09 million	N/A	N/A
Kelly Services	$4.13 billion	0.16	-$254.10 million	($7.60)	-2.46

HAYS has higher revenue and earnings than Kelly Services.

Summary

Kelly Services beats HAYS on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HAYS

Hays plc engages in the provision of recruitment services in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. The company provides qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment in permanent, temporary, and contractor formats to public and private sectors. It offers its recruitment services in the specialisms, such as technology, accountancy and finance, engineering, construction and property, office support, life sciences, sales and marketing, and others. Hays plc was founded in 1968 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

About Kelly Services

Kelly Services, Inc. engages in staffing and workforce solutions. It operates through the following segments: Americas Staffing, Global Talent Solutions, and International Staffing. The Americas Staffing segment delivers temporary staffing, as well as direct-hire placement services, in a number of specialty staffing services, including office, education, marketing, electronic assembly, light industrial, science, engineering, and information technology in United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. The Global Talent Solutions segment offers outsourcing, consulting, and centrally delivered staffing business. The International Staffing segment relates to branch-delivered staffing business in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, as well as in the Asia Pacific. The company was founded by William Russell Kelly on October 7, 1946 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.