Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Receives Average Recommendation of “Reduce” from Analysts

Shares of Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Reduce” from the five research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have assigned a hold rating to the company.

Several analysts have issued reports on the company. Citigroup lowered Randstad from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating on shares of Randstad in a research note on Thursday.

Randstad Stock Performance

RANJY stock traded down $0.44 on Thursday, hitting $20.28. The company had a trading volume of 5,887 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,472. The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. Randstad has a 12-month low of $12.46 and a 12-month high of $25.50. The stock has a market cap of $7.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.26 and a beta of 0.98. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $15.76 and its 200 day simple moving average is $15.64.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The business services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $6.73 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.60 billion. Randstad had a return on equity of 11.14% and a net margin of 1.24%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Randstad will post 1.8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Randstad

Randstad N.V. (OTCMKTS:RANJY) is a leading global provider of human resource services and workforce solutions. Headquartered in Diemen, Netherlands, the company specializes in connecting organizations with both temporary and permanent talent across a wide range of industries, including administrative, industrial, finance, engineering, healthcare and IT sectors.

The company’s service offering encompasses staffing and recruitment, inhouse services, professional and executive search, and managed services such as recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and workforce management.