Kelly Services (KELYA) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.37
- Estimate
- $0.24
- Surprise
- +57.5%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-28)
- $1.04B
- Score today
- 4.4/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Kelly Services (KELYA) beat the $0.24 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.37 — a large 57.5% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KELYA Sell at 4.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +57.5% surprise compares with a -27.6% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What argues against it
- Target reached (-0.5% upside)
- Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0)
- Negative risk/reward — downside exceeds upside
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $17.09
- Price target
- $19.65
- Stop
- $15.89
- Upside to target
- +15.0%
Risk check: RSI 77 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-08-23 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KELYA at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Staffing & Employment Services
- Market cap
- $593.6M
- P/E (fwd)
- 9.4
- 52-week range
- $7.98–$17.75
- Off 52-week high
- 3.7%
- RSI (14)
- 77
- Volume vs avg
- 0.81×
- Score today
- 4.4/10