Recruit (OTCMKTS:RCRUY – Get Free Report) and GEE Group (NYSE:JOB – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Recruit and GEE Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Recruit | 13.47% | 32.62% | 18.74% |
| GEE Group | -20.77% | -7.66% | -6.84% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Recruit and GEE Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Recruit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| GEE Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Recruit | $24.56 billion | 4.68 | $3.28 billion | $0.92 | 16.97 |
| GEE Group | $87.98 million | 0.26 | -$24.10 million | N/A | N/A |
Recruit has higher revenue and earnings than GEE Group.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
30.4% of GEE Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of GEE Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Recruit has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GEE Group has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Recruit beats GEE Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Recruit
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. provides HR technology and business solutions that transforms the world of work. It operates through three segments: HR Technology, Matching & Solutions, and Staffing. The HR Technology segment provides various technological solutions that help job seekers and employers in navigating hiring and recruitment. The Matching & Solutions segment offers HR solutions that support business clients’ recruiting and hiring activities and individual users’ job search activities through its job advertising services and placement services. This segment also provides marketing solutions that provide matching platforms for businesses in various industries, including housing and real estate, beauty, bridal, travel, dining, and others, as well as SaaS solutions, which are business and management support tools for small and medium-sized companies. The Staffing segment provides temporary staffing services in Japan, Europe, the United States, and Australia. Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. operates in more than 60 countries. The company was formerly known as Recruit Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. in October 2012. Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
About GEE Group
GEE Group Inc. provides permanent and temporary professional and industrial staffing and placement services in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Industrial Staffing Services and Professional Staffing Services. It offers placement of information technology, accounting, finance, office, engineering, engineering professionals for direct hire and contract staffing services, and data entry assistants; and temporary staffing services for industrial clients. The company also provides scribes that specialize in electronic medical record services for emergency departments, specialty physician practices, and clinics. It offers professional staffing services under the names of Access, Data Consulting, Agile Resources, Ashley Ellis, GEE Group (Columbus), Omni One, Paladin Consulting, Scribe Solutions, Accounting Now, Staffing Now, SNI Banking, SNI Certes, SNI Energy, SNI Financial, and SNI Technology; and light industrial contract labor under the Triad Staffing brand. The company was formerly known as General Employment Enterprises, Inc. and changed its name to GEE Group Inc. in July 2016. GEE Group Inc. was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
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