Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Receives Consensus Rating of "Reduce" from Analysts

Key Points

• Consensus "Reduce" from five covering brokerages — one sell and four holds — with recent downgrades from Citigroup (buy→neutral) and Jefferies (strong‑buy→moderate sell).
• Latest quarter: EPS missed at $0.30 versus $0.36 expected, while revenue beat at $6.48B versus $5.85B; net margin was 1.24% and ROE 11.13%.
• Shares around $14.70 (12‑month range $12.46–$25.50) with a $5.17B market cap and P/E of 16.14; the 50‑day SMA ($14.37) is below the 200‑day SMA ($17.17), indicating recent downward momentum.

Shares of Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY - Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Reduce" from the five brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation and four have issued a hold recommendation on the company.

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup cut Randstad from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Randstad from a "strong-buy" rating to a "moderate sell" rating in a report on Thursday, January 8th.

Randstad Stock Performance

Shares of RANJY opened at $14.70 on Friday. Randstad has a twelve month low of $12.46 and a twelve month high of $25.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.14 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $14.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is $17.17.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The business services provider reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $6.48 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.85 billion. Randstad had a net margin of 1.24% and a return on equity of 11.13%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Randstad will post 1.8 earnings per share 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.

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