Is KELYA halal?
Kelly Services, Inc.
Halal
Kelly Services, Inc. passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
15.14
Day
-2.76%
Market cap
$545.6M
Industry
Staffing & Employment Services
Sector
Industrials
What the company does
Kelly Services is a staffing firm: education (school teachers/substitutes — the largest unit), professional/industrial, science and technology temporary placements. Same company as KELYB (Class A — non-voting). Its money comes from placement fees.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $78.10M ÷ 36-month average market cap $549.01M = 14.2%
14.2%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $24.20M ÷ 36-month average market cap $549.01M = 4.4%
4.4%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $3.70M ÷ annual revenue $4.25B (2025) = 0.1%
0.1%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $545.64M.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 54.8% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Among halal stocks
- 0.00% · #989 of 1454
- Held by funds
- Not held by any tracked fund
- Dividend
- 1.89% · purify 0.1% · net 1.89%
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