Reviewing GEE Group (NYSE:JOB) and HAYS (OTCMKTS:HAYPY)

Profitability

This table compares HAYS and GEE Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HAYS	N/A	N/A	N/A
GEE Group	-20.77%	-7.66%	-6.84%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

30.4% of GEE Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of GEE Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares HAYS and GEE Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HAYS	$8.55 billion	0.08	-$10.09 million	N/A	N/A
GEE Group	$87.98 million	0.26	-$24.10 million	N/A	N/A

HAYS has higher revenue and earnings than GEE Group.

Volatility & Risk

HAYS has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEE Group has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HAYS beats GEE Group on 5 of the 9 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 GEE Group

GEE Group Inc. provides permanent and temporary professional and industrial staffing and placement services in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Industrial Staffing Services and Professional Staffing Services. It offers placement of information technology, accounting, finance, office, engineering, engineering professionals for direct hire and contract staffing services, and data entry assistants; and temporary staffing services for industrial clients. The company also provides scribes that specialize in electronic medical record services for emergency departments, specialty physician practices, and clinics. It offers professional staffing services under the names of Access, Data Consulting, Agile Resources, Ashley Ellis, GEE Group (Columbus), Omni One, Paladin Consulting, Scribe Solutions, Accounting Now, Staffing Now, SNI Banking, SNI Certes, SNI Energy, SNI Financial, and SNI Technology; and light industrial contract labor under the Triad Staffing brand. The company was formerly known as General Employment Enterprises, Inc. and changed its name to GEE Group Inc. in July 2016. GEE Group Inc. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.