Financial Comparison: Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) and TeleTech (NASDAQ:TTEC)
by Tristan Rich · The Markets DailyTeleTech (NASDAQ:TTEC – Get Free Report) and Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for TeleTech and Randstad, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| TeleTech | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
| Randstad | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.83 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares TeleTech and Randstad”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| TeleTech | $2.14 billion | 0.03 | -$192.47 million | ($4.30) | -0.30 |
| Randstad | $26.10 billion | 0.29 | $338.29 million | $1.03 | 21.07 |
Randstad has higher revenue and earnings than TeleTech. TeleTech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Randstad, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares TeleTech and Randstad’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| TeleTech | -10.23% | 16.25% | 1.60% |
| Randstad | 1.39% | 11.76% | 4.28% |
Risk and Volatility
TeleTech has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Randstad has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
38.0% of TeleTech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Randstad shares are held by institutional investors. 59.4% of TeleTech shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Randstad beats TeleTech on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About TeleTech
TTEC Holdings, Inc. operates as a customer experience (CX) company that designs, builds, and operates technology-enabled customer experiences across digital and live interaction channels. It operates through two segments, TTEC Digital and TTEC Engage. The TTEC Digital segment provides CX technologies for contact center as a service, customer relationship management, and artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics; creates and implements strategic CX transformation roadmaps; sells, operates, and provides managed services for cloud platforms and premise based CX technologies; creates proprietary IP to support industry specific and custom client needs; and offers CX consulting services. The TTEC Engage segment provides digitally enabled CX operational and managed services; delivers data-driven omnichannel customer care, customer acquisition, growth and retention services, tech support, trust and safety, and back-office solutions; and offers solutions for AI operations, including data annotation and labeling. It serves clients in the healthcare, automotive, government, financial services, communication, technology, travel, logistics, media and entertainment, e-tail/retail, and transportation industries with operations in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as TeleTech Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to TTEC Holdings, Inc. in January 2018. TTEC Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
About Randstad
Randstad N.V. provides solutions in the field of work and human resources (HR) services. The company provides temporary staffing and permanent placement services; job posting; and résumé services on digital platforms. It offers inhouse, enterprise and digital, and tech suite services. In addition, the company provides managed services programs, recruitment process outsourcing, outplacement and career development, and online talent acquisition. It has operations in North America, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Iberia, other European countries, and internationally. The company was formerly known as Randstad Holding NV and changed its name to Randstad N.V. in April 2018. Randstad N.V. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Diemen, the Netherlands.