Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Shares Gap Down – Should You Sell?

Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY)’s stock price gapped down prior to trading on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $13.95, but opened at $13.34. Randstad shares last traded at $13.42, with a volume of 7,573 shares trading hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have weighed in on RANJY shares. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Randstad from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Randstad from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate sell” rating in a report on Thursday, January 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Randstad has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

Randstad Stock Down 5.2%

The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $16.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $18.77. The company has a market cap of $4.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.06 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The business services provider reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $6.93 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.83 billion. Randstad had a net margin of 1.30% and a return on equity of 11.47%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Randstad Holding NV will post 1.63 EPS for the current year.

Randstad Company Profile

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.