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Daily Brief Japan: Recruit Holdings and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Conviction Call Recruit: More Downside Ahead

Conviction Call Recruit: More Downside Ahead

By Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

  • Recruit Holdings (6098 JP)  reported 1QFY03/2023 results on Friday. Revenue grew 26.8% YoY to JPY843.2bn (vs consensus JPY784bn) while OP increased 14.0% YoY to JPY119.3bn (vs consensus JPY106.1bn).
  • HR Tech segment’s earnings growth has started decelerating with recruitment markets normalising while matching & solutions’ earnings have not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
  • We think there is further downside as global recruitment markets face more challenges with slowdown in economic growth and uncertain outlook.

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