Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Reaches New 52-Week Low - Time to Sell?

Key Points

• Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) hit a new 52-week low, trading as low as $13.17 and last at $13.32, well below its 50‑day ($16.07) and 200‑day ($18.54) moving averages.
• Analyst sentiment has turned cautious — Jefferies downgraded the stock from "strong-buy" to "moderate sell," while MarketBeat's consensus rating is a Hold (1 Strong Buy, 3 Hold, 1 Sell).
• Operationally Randstad beat the latest quarter's EPS and revenue estimates ($0.45 vs $0.41; $6.93B vs $6.83B), but profitability is modest (net margin 1.3%) and analysts project about 1.63 EPS for the year.

Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY - Get Free Report)'s stock price hit a new 52-week low during trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $13.17 and last traded at $13.32, with a volume of 10732 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $13.56.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on RANJY shares. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Randstad from a "strong-buy" rating to a "moderate sell" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Zacks Research upgraded Randstad from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold".

Randstad Price Performance

The company has a 50 day moving average of $16.07 and a 200 day moving average of $18.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.13 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a quick ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The business services provider reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $6.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.83 billion. Randstad had a return on equity of 11.47% and a net margin of 1.30%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Randstad Holding NV will post 1.63 EPS for the current fiscal 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.

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