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Company snapshot — Randstad NV

RAND.AS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Randstad connects employers and workers through temporary staffing and permanent placement, alongside recruitment process outsourcing, payroll administration and digital job-posting platforms. It also runs enterprise and in-house staffing programmes, career development services and online talent-acquisition tools for larger organisations. The company operates across North America, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, the UK, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and is based in Diemen, the Netherlands.
Where it sits in the stack
Randstad holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the staffing and employment-services sleeve of the Industrials sector in our universe.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no peer group listed for Randstad; the comparison the market draws is with Adecco Group, another large staffing house operating across similar regions.
Why Closelook tracks it
Randstad carries no index seat and no quotes in the diary. It does carry a Closelook score, a house read on the name, but with only one module scored so far the read is still being built.
What the diary watches
The diary watches placement volumes and permanent-hire fee income, since both move with broader labour-market demand and hiring cycles across the regions Randstad serves.

Randstad NV (RAND.AS) trades on the AS exchange in Netherlands, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 87, quality 24, valuation 69) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for RAND.AS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Industrials · Netherlands · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Industrials · Netherlands

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelook universe.

Compared against RAND.AS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.46%, annual · buybacks 2 m EUR in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What RAND.AS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.62 EUR per share · a 4.46% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.62 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 1.62 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.62 EUR (partial) · 2026: 1.62 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 292 m EUR 63% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 2 m EUR 0.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.9% in FY2025 40 m EUR of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 294 m EUR · 37% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Industrials in Europe: −0.4% week · −3.5% month · +0.1% quarter · +2.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXH4.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Randstad NV (RAND.AS)?

Randstad NV trades as RAND.AS on the AS exchange (Netherlands) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is RAND.AS in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Randstad NV is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Randstad NV's Closelook composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 87, quality 24 and valuation 69 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does RAND.AS trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2.7% vs the 50-day and +25.2% vs the 200-day average, 10.7% below the 52-week high and +71.1% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 41 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Randstad NV do?

Randstad connects employers and workers through temporary staffing and permanent placement, alongside recruitment process outsourcing, payroll administration and digital job-posting platforms. It also runs enterprise and in-house staffing programmes, career development services and online talent-acquisition tools for larger organisations. The company operates across North America, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, the UK, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and is based in Diemen, the Netherlands. The diary has no peer group listed for Randstad; the comparison the market draws is with Adecco Group, another large staffing house operating across similar regions.

Where does Randstad NV sit in the AI build-out?

Randstad holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the staffing and employment-services sleeve of the Industrials sector in our universe. Randstad carries no index seat and no quotes in the diary. It does carry a Closelook score, a house read on the name, but with only one module scored so far the read is still being built.

Does Randstad NV pay a dividend?

Randstad NV has paid 1.62 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 4.46% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.62 EUR on 2026-03-31. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 292 m EUR in dividends and bought back 2 m EUR of its own shares, 37% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.9% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for RAND.AS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Staffing & Employment Services, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.