Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Hits New 52-Week Low – Should You Sell?

Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) hit a new 52-week low on Thursday . The company traded as low as $12.70 and last traded at $12.70, with a volume of 1413 shares. The stock had previously closed at $13.09.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group downgraded Randstad from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold”.

Randstad Trading Down 3.6%

The company has a quick ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $15.38 and a 200 day moving average of $18.00. The firm has a market cap of $4.45 billion, a PE ratio of 13.44 and a beta of 0.92.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 11th. The business services provider reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.04. Randstad had a return on equity of 11.47% and a net margin of 1.30%.The business had revenue of $6.93 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.83 billion. Equities analysts anticipate that Randstad Holding NV will post 1.63 earnings per share for the current year.

About Randstad

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.