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

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

Shares of 51job split on Friday, August 8th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Friday, July 18th 2014. The newly created shares were distributed 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 data on Monday, August, 10th. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $81.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $81.76 million. 51job had a return on equity of 15.46% and a net margin of 28.31%. View 51job's Earnings History.

4 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for 51job's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate 51job's stock price to reach $75.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price. 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.

Media stories about JOBS stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. 51job earned a news impact score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. 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 number 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 $74.79.

51job has a market capitalization of $4.96 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]