Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Shares Gap Up – What’s Next?

Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY)’s stock price gapped up prior to trading 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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Citigroup downgraded Randstad from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a 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 stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce”.

Randstad Trading Down 0.8%

The company has a 50 day moving average of $14.11 and a 200 day moving average of $16.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a current ratio of 1.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.94 and a beta of 0.97.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 22nd. The business services provider reported $0.30 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by ($0.06). The business had revenue of $6.48 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.85 billion. Randstad had a net margin of 1.24% and a return on equity of 11.13%. On average, research analysts predict that Randstad Holding NV will post 1.8 EPS for the current fiscal 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.