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Best Staffing & Employment Service Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top staffing & employment service stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best staffing & employment service stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Staffing & Employment Ser...

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Staffing & Employment Services is Zen Rated B and is the 33rd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
MHH	MASTECH DIGITAL INC	NYSEMKT	Staffing & Employment Services	$85.73M	$7.30	-2.93%	$7.32M	25.17x	0.28	United States
KFY	KORN FERRY	NYSE	Staffing & Employment Services	$3.31B	$64.04	2.32%	$436.72M	13.57x	1.03	United States
BBSI	BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$1.09B	$42.02	3.04%	$85.07M	20.70x	2.37	United States
UPWK	UPWORK INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$1.83B	$13.48	1.28%	$108.08M	8.37x	1.11	United States
HSII	HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$810.47M	$39.71	1.38%	$35.09M	92.35x	1.64	United States
BZ	KANZHUN LTD	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$7.11B	$16.36	5.55%	$349.42M	32.98x	0.29	China
HQI	HIREQUEST INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$143.64M	$10.26	1.18%	$7.61M	38.00x	0.45	United States
KELYA	KELLY SERVICES INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$409.24M	$11.73	2.00%	$29.00M	-586.50x	1.13	United States
TNET	TRINET GROUP INC	NYSE	Staffing & Employment Services	$3.89B	$80.46	2.15%	$362.00M	23.73x	58.92	United States
PAYX	PAYCHEX INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$53.96B	$149.81	2.18%	$2.45B	31.02x	1.73	United States
KFRC	KFORCE INC	NYSE	Staffing & Employment Services	$719.49M	$38.62	0.84%	$73.39M	15.03x	1.67	United States
ADP	AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$123.23B	$303.57	1.63%	$6.23B	30.98x	8.64	United States
NSP	INSPERITY INC	NYSE	Staffing & Employment Services	$2.52B	$66.88	1.30%	$158.00M	39.11x	17.01	United States
RHI	ROBERT HALF INC	NYSE	Staffing & Employment Services	$4.64B	$45.41	2.14%	$377.71M	22.59x	1.05	United States
ZIP	ZIPRECRUITER INC	NYSE	Staffing & Employment Services	$542.82M	$5.51	2.04%	$39.36M	-42.38x	48.45	United States
TBI	TRUEBLUE INC	NYSE	Staffing & Employment Services	$131.90M	$4.44	1.37%	-$46.56M	-1.06x	1.14	United States
NIXX	NIXXY INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$33.23M	$1.82	6.43%	-$20.88M	-0.48x	1.70	United States
MAN	MANPOWERGROUP INC	NYSE	Staffing & Employment Services	$2.05B	$44.25	3.58%	$354.50M	18.99x	2.82	United States
BGSF	BGSF INC	NYSE	Staffing & Employment Services	$36.89M	$3.33	5.05%	$8.98M	-10.74x	0.83	United States
JOB	GEE GROUP INC	NYSEMKT	Staffing & Employment Services	$20.79M	$0.19	-3.55%	-$21.96M	-0.86x	0.11	United States
ATLN	ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL CORP	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$212.84M	$3.41	16.38%	-$113.10M	-0.93x	-11.22	United States
HSON	HUDSON GLOBAL INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$28.09M	$10.21	0.69%	-$2.11M	-6.42x	0.30	United States
GLXG	GALAXY PAYROLL GROUP LTD	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$9.98M	$0.62	10.05%	$1.10M	14.18x	3.11	China
CLIK	CLICK HOLDINGS LTD	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$5.18M	$0.35	59.72%	N/A	N/A	0.65	Hong Kong
IPDN	PROFESSIONAL DIVERSITY NETWORK INC	NASDAQ	Staffing & Employment Services	$3.33M	$1.60	8.84%	-$2.21M	-0.77x	0.59	United States

Staffing & Employment Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best staffing & employment service stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best staffing & employment service stocks to buy right now are:

1. Mastech Digital (NYSEMKT:MHH)

Mastech Digital (NYSEMKT:MHH) is the #1 top staffing & employment service stock out of 25 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Mastech Digital (NYSEMKT:MHH) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Mastech Digital (NYSEMKT:MHH) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 2 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 34.

MHH passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mastech Digital has seen its stock lose -9.88% over the past year, underperforming other staffing & employment service stocks by -2 percentage points.

2. Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY)

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) is the #2 top staffing & employment service stock out of 25 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 16 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 34.

KFY passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Korn Ferry has seen its stock return 3.51% over the past year, overperforming other staffing & employment service stocks by 11 percentage points.

Korn Ferry has an average 1 year price target of $80.00, an upside of 24.92% from Korn Ferry's current stock price of $64.04.

Korn Ferry stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Korn Ferry, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI)

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) is the #3 top staffing & employment service stock out of 25 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 20 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 34.

BBSI passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Barrett Business Services has seen its stock return 40.67% over the past year, overperforming other staffing & employment service stocks by 48 percentage points.

Barrett Business Services has an average 1 year price target of $45.00, an upside of 7.09% from Barrett Business Services's current stock price of $42.02.

Barrett Business Services stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Barrett Business Services, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the staffing & employment service stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 11 staffing & employment service stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 staffing & employment service stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Robert Half (NYSE:RHI)

Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) has an annual dividend yield of 4.8%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 2.41%. Robert Half's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Robert Half's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Robert Half's dividend payout ratio of 108.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Kforce (NYSE:KFRC)

Kforce (NYSE:KFRC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.96%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 2.41%. Kforce's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Kforce's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Kforce's dividend payout ratio of 59.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Manpowergroup (NYSE:MAN)

Manpowergroup (NYSE:MAN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.48%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 2.41%. Manpowergroup's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Manpowergroup's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Manpowergroup's dividend payout ratio of 132.2% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are staffing & employment service stocks up?

Staffing & employment service stocks were up 2.02% in the last day, and up 1.49% over the last week. Paychex was the among the top gainers in the staffing & employment services industry, gaining 2.18% yesterday.

Paychex shares are trading higher after the company announced it increased its quarterly dividend.

What are the most undervalued staffing & employment service stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued staffing & employment service stocks right now are:

1. Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK)

Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) is the most undervalued staffing & employment service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Upwork has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Upwork's stock has gained 3.77% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the staffing & employment service industry by 11 percentage points.

2. Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY)

Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) is the second most undervalued staffing & employment service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Korn Ferry has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Korn Ferry's stock has gained 3.51% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the staffing & employment service industry by 11 percentage points.

3. Mastech Digital (NYSEMKT:MHH)

Mastech Digital (NYSEMKT:MHH) is the third most undervalued staffing & employment service stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Mastech Digital has a valuation score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mastech Digital's stock has dropped -9.88% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the staffing & employment service industry by -2 percentage points.

Are staffing & employment service stocks a good buy now?

41.18% of staffing & employment service stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect staffing & employment service stocks to rise by 11.8% over the next year.

5.56% of staffing & employment service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 33.33% of staffing & employment service stocks are rated B (Buy), 50% are rated C (Hold), 11.11% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the staffing & employment services industry?

The average P/E ratio of the staffing & employment services industry is 28.88x.

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Staffing & Employment Service Stocks FAQ

1. Mastech Digital (NYSEMKT:MHH)

2. Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY)

3. Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI)

1. Robert Half (NYSE:RHI)

2. Kforce (NYSE:KFRC)

3. Manpowergroup (NYSE:MAN)

1. Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK)

2. Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY)

3. Mastech Digital (NYSEMKT:MHH)

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