Recruit (RCRUY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Japanese technology and human-resources company that operates digital platforms and staffing services in Japan and international markets. The company connects job seekers with employers, consumers with businesses, and customers with a range of services through online marketplaces and related technology.

Its Human Resources Technology business includes Indeed, a global job-search and recruitment platform, and Glassdoor, which provides employment information, company reviews and job listings. Recruit also operates staffing and professional recruitment businesses, including Recruit Staffing in Japan and RGF Professional Recruitment, serving employers and job seekers across multiple industries and geographies.

In Japan, Recruit’s Marketing Matching Technologies business operates platforms such as Hot Pepper Beauty, Hot Pepper Gourmet, Jalan and SUUMO. These services help consumers discover and book beauty, dining, travel and real-estate offerings while providing businesses with advertising, reservation and customer-management tools. Recruit traces its origins to 1960, when it was established as a publishing and advertising company focused on employment information. Hisayuki Idekoba serves as president, CEO and representative director.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $19.80 to $20.41
• 50-Day Range: $14.66 to $22.57
• 52-Week Range: $7.57 to $22.93
• Volume: 231,933 shs
• Average Volume: 953,667 shs
• Market Capitalization: $149.61 billion
• P/E Ratio: 39.08
• Dividend Yield: 0.05%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Recruit Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Recruit scored higher than 45% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Recruit has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Recruit has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 33.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Recruit are expected to grow by 33.33% in the coming year, from $0.72 to $0.96 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Recruit is 39.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.08.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Recruit is 39.08, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.60.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Recruit has a P/B Ratio of 14.21. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Recruit has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Recruit has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.12, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Recruit has recently increased by 52.99%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Recruit has a dividend yield of 0.09%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Recruit does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Recruit is 3.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Recruit will have a dividend payout ratio of 2.08% next year. This indicates that Recruit will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

Recruit has a news sentiment score of 0.33. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.75 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Recruit this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for RCRUY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Recruit insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Recruit has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/07/2026
• Today: 9/11/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Professional Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:RCRUY
• Previous Symbol: OTCMKTS:RCRUY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: recruit-holdings.com
• Phone: (136) 835-1111
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 45,586
• Year Founded: 1963

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.52
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 39.08
• Forward P/E Ratio: 28.22
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $3.28 billion
• Net Margins: 14.94%
• Pretax Margin: 17.43%
• Return on Equity: 35.54%
• Return on Assets: 20.88%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.09
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $24.56 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.09
• Cash Flow: $0.56 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 36.49
• Book Value: $1.43 per share
• Price / Book: 14.21

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 7,362,521,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $149.61 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.74