Stocks · Industrials · Staffing & Employment Services
TrueBlue, Inc. TBI
$8.90 -3.05% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $279.1M
Strong trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 109 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.69B, up 10.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 7.1% a quarter earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +58.4%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 42.6 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 7%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 33%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 18%
- Gross marginBottom 30%
- Operating marginBottom 21%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 17%
- Interest coverBottom 10%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 8%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 8%
- 6-month returnTop 2%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 14%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 37%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 14%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 20%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.1% | 10.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 24.9% | 20.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -2.2% | -1.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -3.6% | -4.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.2% | 7.1% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Gross margin | 20.5% | 24.9% | ↓ | Bottom 30% |
| Operating margin | -1.5% | -2.2% | ↑ | Bottom 21% |
| Net margin | -3.3% | -2.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -4.0% | -3.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -5.1% | — | Bottom 18% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -10.5% | — | Bottom 7% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +6.2 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -10.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.09%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.09%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +22.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $9.50
- Target vs current price
- +6.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +160.0% | +2.0% | +40.6% | +39.1% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +8.9% | +1.2% | -9.9% | +12.9% | +22.3% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | -212.5% | +2.3% | -22.2% | -17.9% | +31.4% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +133.3% | -1.3% | +3.6% | +8.6% | +3.8% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +77.4% | -4.7% | -12.5% | -10.2% | -11.4% |
| May 5, 2025 | -73.9% | -3.4% | -0.9% | +30.4% | +62.6% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | +87.5% | +0.9% | -19.5% | -23.6% | -28.0% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +52.2% | +0.8% | +3.6% | +5.0% | +7.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.06 | -$0.10 | +160.0% | $443.0M |
| May 5, 2026 | -$0.41 | -$0.45 | +8.9% | $398.6M |
| Feb 18, 2026 | -$0.25 | -$0.08 | -212.5% | $418.2M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.03 | -$0.09 | +133.3% | $431.3M |
| Aug 4, 2025 | -$0.07 | -$0.31 | +77.4% | $396.3M |
| May 5, 2025 | -$0.40 | -$0.23 | -73.9% | $86.3M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | -$0.02 | -$0.16 | +87.5% | $386.0M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -$0.11 | -$0.23 | +52.2% | $382.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 0.23× | — | — | Top 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -24.16% | — | — | Bottom 8% |
| Earnings yield | -21.28% | — | — | Bottom 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.0× – 38.9× since Jun 27, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 109
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +39.5%
- RSI (14)
- 42.3
- Relative volume
- 0.56×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 74.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 90th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.62
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -79.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2021 | Mar 27, 2026 | -89.9% | 1109 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -17.3% | 3 days | 18 days (Nov 23, 2020) |
| Jun 14, 2021 | Jul 22, 2021 | -14.4% | 27 days | 52 days (Oct 5, 2021) |
| May 3, 2021 | May 20, 2021 | -11.8% | 13 days | 13 days (Jun 9, 2021) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | -10.2% | 26 days | 32 days (Feb 19, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $279.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.89
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.69B
- 52-week range
- $3.18 – $11.03
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.17B | $2.25B | $1.91B | $1.57B | $1.62B |
| Gross profit | $560.3M | $602.1M | $506.1M | $406.4M | $343.0M |
| Operating income | $68.4M | $72.2M | -$23.9M | -$92.8M | -$26.8M |
| Net income | $61.6M | $62.3M | -$14.2M | -$125.7M | -$48.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.74 | $1.86 | -$0.45 | -$4.17 | -$1.61 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $382.4M | $386.0M | $370.3M | $396.3M | $431.3M | $418.2M | $398.6M | $443.0M |
| Net income | -$7.6M | -$11.7M | -$14.3M | -$160,000 | -$1.9M | -$31.5M | -$19.8M | -$3.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.26 | -$0.40 | -$0.48 | -$0.01 | -$0.06 | -$1.06 | -$0.66 | -$0.11 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $20.4M | $120.5M | $34.8M | -$17.1M | -$58.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$35.0M | -$30.6M | -$31.3M | -$24.2M | -$15.7M |
| Free cash flow | -$14.6M | $89.9M | $3.5M | -$41.2M | -$73.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$19.9M | -$65.4M | -$38.3M | -$23.6M | -$643,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $23.3M
- Total assets
- $623.0M
- Total liabilities
- $368.3M
- Total debt
- $138.4M
- Net debt
- $115.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $254.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 821,435
- Days to cover
- 2.49
- Change vs previous report
- +5.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 13, 1999
- 3-for-2
- Jun 10, 1998
- 3-for-2
- Nov 3, 1997
- 3-for-2
- Aug 12, 1996
- 3-for-2
- Nov 29, 1995
- 3-for-2