Staffing 360 Solutions Inc. (NASD: STAF), a staffing provider operating in the US and UK, reported second-quarter revenue rose 41.8%, which includes $20.1 million from acquisitions completed in September 2017; the June 2018 acquisition Clement May, completed in June 2018; and $400,000 from favorable foreign currency translation.

Revenue also reflects a $1.6 million decline driven by PeopleServe and an organic decline of $1.4 million from the remaining core business.

Staffing 360 acquired Boston-based PeopleServe in 2014 but divested the IT staffing firm on June 6, 2018, for a total consideration of $1.5 million, net of $567,000 that was remitted back to the buyer on July 31. The company recorded a gain of $238,000 from the sale of the business.  

Net loss increased to $1.8 million from a net loss of $432,000 in the year-ago quarter, which the company attributed mainly to higher acquisition, capital-raising and noncash expenses; and legal expense settlement income of $600,000 in last year’s second quarter.

Gross margin improved to 19.9% from 18.8% in the prior-year period. This reflects improvement in Staffing 360’s underlying temporary contractor revenue, coupled with the acquisition of two higher-margin businesses. This was partly offset by lower savings from workers’ compensation insurance versus the savings realized in the corresponding period in 2017.

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“We experienced an increase in the number of temporary contractors deployed and a higher number of temporary contractor hours billed; while at the same time saw strength in the permanent placement business,” said Chairman and CEO Brendan Flood.

Share price and market cap

Shares in Staffing 360 rose 10.21% to $2.59 as of 1:18 p.m. Eastern time. The company had a market cap of $11.02 million.