TrueBlue, Inc. (TBI)Industrials | Staffing & Employment Services | Tacoma, United States | NYSE
4.50 USD
+0.33
(7.914%)
⇧
(April 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:10 a.m. EDT
TrueBlue (TBI) is a distressed compound with negative earnings, negative cash flow, and high valuation risk. Despite an 8.3% revenue growth and profitable margins in specific segments, the stock trades at historic lows relative to its 200-day average due to persistent losses and high debt-to-equity. The 25% recent pop is a contrarian bounce on better-than-expected revenue, not a fundamental reversal. Speculative capital is flowing short or hedging downside via put buying. Avoid. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.208770 |
| AutoETS | 0.219316 |
| AutoTheta | 0.220053 |
| MSTL | 0.226417 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 51% |
| H-stat | 3.08 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.045 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.32 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 45.092 |
| Revenue per Share | 54.139 |
| Market Cap | 135,281,888 |
| Forward P/E | 8.13 |
| Beta | 1.48 |
| Profit Margins | -2.97% |
| Website | https://www.trueblue.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:10 a.m. EDT: Options activity reveals significant positioning of 2.5 strike calls with high volume relative to open interest (OI/Vol ratio suggests selling or heavy insured downside hedging), while the 3.43 short ratio and high IVRT (Implied Implied Vol Risk) at 2.50 suggest no perceived upside probability. Deep OTM puts at 2.5 strikes have substantial open interest. The implied volatility skew is elevated for downside protection compared to upside speculation, indicating a market consensus of downside pressure or a weak setup for momentum plays. The ATM call strike shows moderate interest, but overall imbalance points to bearish flow.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.02974832 |
| Address1 | 1,015 A Street |
| All Time High | 32.91 |
| All Time Low | 0.427984 |
| Ask | 4.83 |
| Ask Size | 4,800 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 309,080 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 331,734 |
| Average Volume | 331,734 |
| Average Volume10Days | 309,080 |
| Beta | 1.475 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 9.156 |
| City | Tacoma |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 4.5 |
| Current Ratio | 2.148 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 4.57 |
| Day Low | 4.19 |
| Debt To Equity | 45.092 |
| Display Name | TrueBlue |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,771,452,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,771,452,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,771,448,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,924,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,924,800 |
| Ebitda | -7,789,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.00482 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -30.116 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.145 |
| Enterprise Value | 234,573,888 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.05667 |
| Eps Forward | 0.55333 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.61 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 3.994 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.50600004 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.12669004 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 2.974832 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 7.78 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.2800002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.42159384 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 3.18 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.3199999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.41509432 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 3.18 - 7.78 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 765,466,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 28,777,463 |
| Forward Eps | 0.55333 |
| Forward P E | 8.132579 |
| Free Cashflow | -43,369,248 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 3,500 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.22566 |
| Gross Profits | 364,668,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0777 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.98700994 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 30,062,641 |
| Industry | Staffing & Employment Services |
| Industry Disp | Staffing & Employment Services |
| Industry Key | staffing-employment-services |
| Ir Website | http://investor.trueblueinc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=63566&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,766,880,000 |
| Last Split Date | 931,824,000 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:2 |
| Long Business Summary | TrueBlue, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides specialized workforce solutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Puerto Rico. It operates through three segments: PeopleReady, PeopleManagement, and PeopleSolutions. The PeopleReady segment provides general, industrial, and skilled trade contingent staffing services for construction, transportation, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and energy industries. The PeopleManagement segment offers contingent, on-site industrial staffing, and commercial driver services, which includes on-site management and recruitment for the contingent industrial workforce of manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution facilities; and recruitment and management of contingent and dedicated commercial drivers to the transportation and distribution industries under the Staff Management, SIMOS Insourcing Solutions, and Centerline Drivers brands. The PeopleSolutions segment provides recruitment process outsourcing, talent advisory services, and managed service provider solutions including sourcing, screening, hiring, and onboarding services; operates Affinix, a technology platform for sourcing, screening, and delivering a permanent workforce to its clients; talent advisory solutions, such as employer branding, recruitment marketing, talent insights, candidate assessment, and talent acquisition strategy consulting services; and contingent labor programs, including vendor selection, performance management, compliance monitoring, and risk management. TrueBlue, Inc. was formerly known as Labor Ready, Inc. and changed its name to TrueBlue, Inc. in December 2007. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Tacoma, Washington. |
| Long Name | TrueBlue, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 135,281,888 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_361457 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,766,880,000 |
| Net Income To Common | -47,960,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,416,000 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 135,281,884 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 4.17 |
| Operating Cashflow | -58,042,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.03403 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 3.72 |
| Phone | 253 383 9101 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.07000017 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -1.5555594 |
| Pre Market Price | 4.43 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,774,720 |
| Previous Close | 4.17 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -79.4071 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.49148098 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.083714195 |
| Profit Margins | -0.029679999 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.925 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.33 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 7.91367 |
| Regular Market Day High | 4.57 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 4.19 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 4.19 - 4.57 |
| Regular Market Open | 4.17 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 4.17 |
| Regular Market Price | 4.5 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 668,016 |
| Return On Assets | -0.03486 |
| Return On Equity | -0.1626 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.083 |
| Revenue Per Share | 54.139 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 30,062,641 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0513 |
| Shares Short | 1,540,884 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,949,179 |
| Short Name | TrueBlue, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.060300004 |
| Short Ratio | 3.43 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | WA |
| Symbol | TBI |
| Target High Price | 10.0 |
| Target Low Price | 5.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 7.75 |
| Target Median Price | 7.75 |
| Total Cash | 24,510,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.815 |
| Total Debt | 123,802,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,615,997,056 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.61 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 4.0179 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.2077 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.7076998 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.1358949 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 668,016 |
| Website | https://www.trueblue.com |
| Zip | 98,402 |