Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Short Interest Up ∞ in July

Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJYGet Free Report) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 986 shares, an increase of ∞ from the June 30th total of 0 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 29,930 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on RANJY. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating on shares of Randstad in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating on shares of Randstad in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Citigroup lowered Randstad from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Randstad in a research note on Friday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce”.

Read Our Latest Analysis on RANJY

Randstad Stock Up 3.8%

RANJY stock opened at $21.82 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $7.68 billion, a PE ratio of 21.17 and a beta of 0.98. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $16.29 and its 200 day simple moving average is $15.70. Randstad has a fifty-two week low of $12.46 and a fifty-two week high of $24.80. The company has a quick ratio of 1.14, a current ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJYGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The business services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $6.73 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.60 billion. Randstad had a return on equity of 11.78% and a net margin of 1.39%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Randstad will post 1.8 EPS for the current 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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