Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages

Shares of Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the six ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and two have issued a strong buy rating on the company.

RANJY has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Morgan Stanley downgraded Randstad from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Randstad from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, October 13th. Kepler Capital Markets downgraded shares of Randstad from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 16th. Finally, Citigroup raised shares of Randstad from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 29th.

Randstad Stock Up 0.5%

RANJY stock opened at $21.36 on Wednesday. Randstad has a twelve month low of $17.14 and a twelve month high of $25.50. The company has a market cap of $7.73 billion, a PE ratio of 89.00 and a beta of 1.03. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $22.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $21.90. The company has a quick ratio of 1.26, a current ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The business services provider reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by ($0.08). Randstad had a return on equity of 8.81% and a net margin of 0.37%.The firm had revenue of $6.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.78 billion. On average, research analysts anticipate that Randstad will post 1.63 earnings per share for the current year.

About Randstad

Randstad N.V. provides solutions in the field of work and human resources (HR) services. The company provides temporary staffing and permanent placement services; job posting; and résumé services on digital platforms. It offers inhouse, enterprise and digital, and tech suite services. In addition, the company provides managed services programs, recruitment process outsourcing, outplacement and career development, and online talent acquisition.