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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.

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Staffing & Employment Services is Zen Rated B and is the 45th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	Graham Fair Value	Graham Fair Value %	P/E	Forward P/E	P/S	P/B	PEG	Free Cash Flow	Free Cash Flow Yield	Book Value	BVPS	EV	EV/EBITDA
UPWK	UPWORK INC	$13.73	N/A	N/A	7.80x	15.09x	2.41x	3.04x	N/A	$166.92M	8.99%	$594.34M	4.40	$1.87B	13.92
BZ	KANZHUN LTD	$18.37	$9.00	104.19%	31.35x	22.96x	7.60x	3.63x	1.10x	$386.69M	4.83%	$2.20B	5.06	$7.65B	N/A
KELYA	KELLY SERVICES INC	$11.93	N/A	N/A	-20.93x	5.65x	0.09x	0.34x	N/A	$70.70M	16.93%	$1.24B	35.44	$657.87M	64.50
HSII	HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC	$43.66	$71.67	-39.08%	111.95x	15.25x	0.79x	1.94x	0.22x	$98.76M	11.05%	$465.05M	22.73	$788.45M	26.32
KFY	KORN FERRY	$67.62	$39.28	72.14%	14.33x	14.54x	1.27x	1.95x	1.73x	$316.35M	9.07%	$1.79B	34.74	$3.28B	7.51
BBSI	BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES INC	$41.55	$13.84	200.24%	20.78x	19.74x	0.92x	5.00x	4.89x	-$9.57M	-0.89%	$213.35M	8.27	$811.40M	9.55
TNET	TRINET GROUP INC	$77.58	$20.97	269.89%	22.88x	24.60x	0.75x	59.60x	10.68x	$420.00M	11.05%	$63.00M	1.29	$3.40B	9.39
HQI	HIREQUEST INC	$10.00	$5.58	79.26%	40.00x	25.00x	4.14x	2.14x	0.82x	$14.43M	10.36%	$65.56M	4.71	$143.37M	20.15
KFRC	KFORCE INC	$40.30	N/A	N/A	15.68x	18.44x	0.53x	5.44x	N/A	$64.11M	8.76%	$138.03M	7.60	$819.00M	11.16
ADP	AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC	$307.91	$70.22	338.52%	31.42x	30.88x	6.20x	21.35x	6.34x	$4.25B	3.39%	$5.86B	14.39	$126.57B	20.33
MHH	MASTECH DIGITAL INC	$6.90	N/A	N/A	38.33x	N/A	0.40x	0.93x	N/A	$4.75M	5.86%	$86.95M	7.40	$59.96M	10.32
PAYX	PAYCHEX INC	$153.68	$38.49	299.30%	31.82x	29.23x	10.17x	13.45x	4.37x	$1.61B	2.90%	$4.12B	11.43	$54.60B	22.31
NSP	INSPERITY INC	$60.38	$19.83	204.47%	35.31x	44.98x	0.34x	19.09x	1.99x	$7.00M	0.31%	$119.00M	3.16	$2.08B	13.18
ZIP	ZIPRECRUITER INC	$5.54	N/A	N/A	-27.70x	-9.39x	1.18x	-45.44x	N/A	$24.34M	4.48%	-$11.33M	-0.12	$845.90M	29.17
RHI	ROBERT HALF INC	$43.23	$19.36	123.28%	21.51x	24.29x	0.77x	3.36x	1.78x	$310.11M	7.13%	$1.31B	13.05	$4.32B	11.43
NIXX	NIXXY INC	$1.83	N/A	N/A	-0.72x	N/A	15.78x	6.55x	N/A	-$3.60M	-12.79%	$5.36M	0.35	$35.98M	-1.44
MAN	MANPOWERGROUP INC	$41.08	$37.43	9.76%	17.63x	15.46x	0.11x	0.90x	0.58x	-$15.00M	-0.78%	$2.10B	44.93	$2.98B	8.39
BGSF	BGSF INC	$4.02	N/A	N/A	-13.40x	50.25x	0.16x	0.55x	N/A	$16.89M	38.36%	$81.82M	7.47	$92.57M	10.80
JOB	GEE GROUP INC	$0.18	N/A	N/A	-0.35x	N/A	0.18x	0.39x	N/A	-$1.39M	-7.22%	$50.64M	0.46	$4.87M	-0.11
GLXG	GALAXY PAYROLL GROUP LTD	$0.49	N/A	N/A	11.05x	N/A	2.01x	9.33x	N/A	$857.92k	11.11%	$833.40k	0.05	$6.68M	6.06
ATLN	ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL CORP	$2.73	N/A	N/A	-0.69x	N/A	0.33x	-11.35x	N/A	-$2.72M	-1.83%	-$14.04M	-0.26	$227.20M	-1.88
HSON	HUDSON GLOBAL INC	$8.46	N/A	N/A	-6.93x	38.45x	0.18x	0.59x	N/A	-$1.82M	-7.20%	$39.47M	13.22	$7.10M	-7.39
CLIK	CLICK HOLDINGS LTD	$0.36	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.89x	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.38M	0.09	$5.73M	N/A
TBI	TRUEBLUE INC	$6.93	N/A	N/A	-1.50x	-10.83x	0.13x	0.68x	N/A	-$46.39M	-22.54%	$302.22M	10.18	$128.91M	-2.68
IPDN	PROFESSIONAL DIVERSITY NETWORK INC	$1.72	N/A	N/A	-0.98x	N/A	0.50x	0.73x	N/A	-$2.18M	-66.82%	$4.92M	2.60	$3.26M	-1.51

Staffing & Employment Service Stocks FAQ

What are the best staffing & employment service stocks to buy right now in Jun 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. Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK)

Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) 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 Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 16 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 33.

UPWK passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Upwork has seen its stock return 33.3% over the past year, overperforming other staffing & employment service stocks by 38 percentage points.

Upwork has an average 1 year price target of $18.40, an upside of 34.01% from Upwork's current stock price of $13.73.

Upwork stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Upwork, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ)

Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ) 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 Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ) has a Due Diligence Score of 67, which is 34 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 33.

BZ passed 23 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Kanzhun has seen its stock lose -9.69% over the past year, underperforming other staffing & employment service stocks by -5 percentage points.

Kanzhun has an average 1 year price target of $22.00, an upside of 19.76% from Kanzhun's current stock price of $18.37.

Kanzhun stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Kanzhun, 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. Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA)

Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) 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 Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -8 points lower than the staffing & employment service industry average of 33. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates KELYA as a "B".

KELYA passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Kelly Services has seen its stock lose -43.81% over the past year, underperforming other staffing & employment service stocks by -39 percentage points.

Kelly Services has an average 1 year price target of $25.00, an upside of 109.56% from Kelly Services's current stock price of $11.93.

Kelly Services stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Kelly Services, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% 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 12 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. Insperity (NYSE:NSP)

Insperity (NYSE:NSP) has an annual dividend yield of 3.97%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 2.43%. Insperity's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Insperity's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Insperity's dividend payout ratio of 140.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Kforce (NYSE:KFRC)

Kforce (NYSE:KFRC) has an annual dividend yield of 3.82%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 2.43%. 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. Robert Half (NYSE:RHI)

Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.82%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 2.43%. 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 dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are staffing & employment service stocks up?

Staffing & employment service stocks were up 1% in the last day, and down -3.02% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why staffing & employment service stocks are up.

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 17 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Upwork's stock has gained 33.3% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the staffing & employment service industry by 38 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 17 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Korn Ferry's stock has gained 2.27% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the staffing & employment service industry by 7 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 14, which is -12 points higher than the staffing & employment service industry average of 26. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MHH a Valuation Rating of "B".

Mastech Digital's stock has dropped -9.21% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the staffing & employment service industry by -4 percentage points.

Are staffing & employment service stocks a good buy now?

43.75% of staffing & employment service stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect staffing & employment service stocks to rise by 8.98% over the next year.

5.88% of staffing & employment service stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 23.53% of staffing & employment service stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.82% are rated C (Hold), 11.76% 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 30.5x.

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Staffing & Employment Service Stocks FAQ

1. Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK)

2. Kanzhun (NASDAQ:BZ)

3. Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA)

1. Insperity (NYSE:NSP)

2. Kforce (NYSE:KFRC)

3. Robert Half (NYSE:RHI)

1. Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK)

2. Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY)

3. Mastech Digital (NYSEMKT:MHH)

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