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

Shares of Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the six analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have assigned a hold recommendation and two have issued a strong buy recommendation on the company.

RANJY has been the topic of several recent research reports. Morgan Stanley downgraded Randstad from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Randstad from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Kepler Capital Markets cut shares of Randstad from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 16th.

Randstad Stock Performance

Shares of Randstad stock opened at $18.33 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $6.45 billion, a PE ratio of 96.45 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a quick ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. Randstad has a 52 week low of $17.14 and a 52 week high of $25.50. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $19.29 and its 200-day simple moving average is $21.60.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The business services provider reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $6.74 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.75 billion. Randstad had a net margin of 0.29% and a return on equity of 8.92%. Equities analysts forecast that Randstad will post 1.63 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.