TrueBlue, Inc. (TBI)
Industrials
- Fundamental
- 2
- Sentiment
- 2
- Technical
- 4
Do Nothing: fundamentalScore 2 and qualitativeScore 2 are below the required floor of 3, and avgDollarVolume20 3190366.24 is below the 5000000 liquidity floor.
Company overview
TrueBlue, Inc. provides specialized workforce solutions across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Puerto Rico. It operates through three segments: PeopleReady, offering contingent staffing services; PeopleManagement, providing industrial staffing and commercial driver services; and PeopleSolutions, delivering recruitment outsourcing and talent advisory services. The company was formerly known as Labor Ready, Inc. and is headquartered in Tacoma, Washington.
Fundamental
weakTrueBlue's fundamentals are pressured by negative profitability and cash flow, despite some revenue growth.
TrueBlue’s recent filings show a cyclical rebound in revenue, but profitability and cash flow remain weak (TTM net margin -3.35% and free-cash-flow yield -22.36%). The latest 10-Q reports adequate liquidity and covenant compliance, yet negative interest coverage and ongoing cash burn keep this in “turnaround / wait-for-proof” territory rather than a clean fundamental buy.
Sentiment
weakSentiment is mixed with slightly negative media tone and no clear catalysts or retail engagement.
The near-term narrative is dominated by the Q2 results (announced) and follow-on analyst commentary, with last ~14d media tone slightly negative (polarity_score ≈ -0.04) as revenue growth was offset by another net loss and some estimate pressure. Baseline sentiment was mildly positive after filtering substantial name-collision noise (raw baseline polarity_score ≈ +0.06), so the delta is deteriorating; a moderate red-flag cap applied due to conflicting sell-side signals, while no regulator-confirmed investigations were found.
Technical
goodThe technicals show a strong bullish trend, but liquidity constraints limit actionable opportunities.
Price is holding above the 20/50/200-day SMAs and the 9/21-day EMAs after a strong post-earnings reprice, while MACD stays above signal and zero and ADX 48 confirms trend strength; the only chart-level knock is short-term cooling back under daily VWAP after a near-vertical run.
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