Recruit (RCRRF) versus Its Rivals Critical Survey

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Recruit and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Recruit	$23.67 billion	$2.44 billion	50.40
Recruit Competitors	$3.30 billion	$226.41 million	32.30

Recruit has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Recruit is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.3% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of shares of all “Professional Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Recruit has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Recruit’s peers have a beta of 0.95, indicating that their average stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Recruit and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Recruit	10.33%	19.40%	12.59%
Recruit Competitors	1.36%	19.13%	4.65%

Summary

Recruit beats its peers on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

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.