NASDAQ:JOBS - 51job Stock Price, Forecast & News

51job trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "JOBS."

51job shares split on the morning of Friday, August 8th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, July 18th 2014. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, August 7th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of 51job stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

51job, Inc. (NASDAQ:JOBS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 10th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $81.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $81.76 million. 51job had a net margin of 28.31% and a return on equity of 15.46%. View 51job's Earnings History.

51job is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for 51job.

51job issued an update on its fourth quarter 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.62-0.66 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.09. The company issued revenue guidance of $$151.1-156.7 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$131.56 million.

4 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for 51job's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate 51job's share price to reach $75.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for 51job.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for 51job in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for 51job.

News coverage about JOBS stock has trended positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. 51job earned a news impact score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for 51job.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other 51job investors own include Baidu (BIDU), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Baozun (BZUN), TENCENT HOLDING/ADR (TCEHY), Momo (MOMO), Netflix (NFLX), Twitter (TWTR), Alphabet (GOOG) and JD.Com (JD).

51job's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.40%), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp (3.57%), Standard Life Aberdeen plc (2.63%), FMR LLC (1.70%), State Street Corp (0.82%) and Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. (0.68%).

JOBS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Swiss National Bank, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, UBS Group AG and GAM Holding AG.

JOBS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Krane Funds Advisors LLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd., State Street Corp, Barclays PLC and Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd.

Shares of JOBS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of JOBS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.89.

51job has a market capitalization of $5.10 billion and generates $550.06 million in revenue each year. The company earns $182.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.86 on an earnings per share basis. 51job employs 8,391 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About 51job.

The official website for 51job is http://www.51job.com/.

51job's mailing address is BUILDING 3 NO. 1387 ZHANG DONG ROAD, SHANGHAI F4, 201203. The company can be reached via phone at 86-21-6160-1888 or via email at [email protected]