Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Shares Gap Up – Should You Buy?

Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJYGet Free Report) gapped up before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $13.96, but opened at $14.60. Randstad shares last traded at $14.49, with a volume of 730 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Citigroup downgraded Randstad from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce”.

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Randstad Stock Up 1.2%

The company has a market capitalization of $5.13 billion, a PE ratio of 16.02 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.18. The company has a 50-day moving average of $14.07 and a two-hundred day moving average of $16.63.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJYGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The business services provider reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.36 by ($0.06). The company 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%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Randstad Holding NV will post 1.8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Randstad

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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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