Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Short Interest Up ∞ in July

Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 986 shares, a growth of ∞ from the June 30th total of 0 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 29,930 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Analyst Ratings Changes

RANJY has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating on shares of Randstad in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Randstad in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Randstad in a report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, Citigroup downgraded Randstad from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Randstad has an average rating of “Reduce”.

Randstad Stock Performance

Randstad stock traded down $1.24 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $20.92. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 18,224 shares, compared to its average volume of 55,421. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 1.14 and a quick ratio of 1.14. The company has a market cap of $7.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.29 and a beta of 0.98. Randstad has a 1-year low of $12.46 and a 1-year high of $24.39. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $16.44 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $15.73.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The business services provider reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $6.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.60 billion. Randstad had a net margin of 1.39% and a return on equity of 11.78%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Randstad will post 1.8 earnings per share for the current 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.