News coverage about Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Heidrick & Struggles International earned a coverage optimism score of 0.18 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news headlines about the business services provider an impact score of 45.9447557556554 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.
These are some of the headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s scoring:
- Heidrick and Struggles Adds Partner to Life Sciences Practice in Singapore (newkerala.com)
- Comparing Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) & Monster Worldwide (MWW) (americanbankingnews.com)
- Heidrick & Struggles Adds Partner to Life Sciences Practice in Singapore (finance.yahoo.com)
- Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII) and Towers Watson & Co (TW) Financial Review (americanbankingnews.com)
- Towers Watson & Co (WW) & Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) Critical Analysis (americanbankingnews.com)
A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. BidaskClub lowered shares of Heidrick & Struggles International from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 6th. ValuEngine raised shares of Heidrick & Struggles International from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 6th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Heidrick & Struggles International from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 3rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG upped their price target on shares of Heidrick & Struggles International from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. Heidrick & Struggles International currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $26.00.
Shares of Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ HSII) traded up 0.45% during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $22.40. 41,364 shares of the stock were exchanged. The company’s 50-day moving average is $21.98 and its 200-day moving average is $23.06. Heidrick & Struggles International has a 1-year low of $17.37 and a 1-year high of $27.10. The firm has a market cap of $419.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.17 and a beta of 1.59.
Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April 24th. The business services provider reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.02. Heidrick & Struggles International had a return on equity of 8.26% and a net margin of 2.41%. The business had revenue of $140 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $144.98 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.18 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that Heidrick & Struggles International will post $1.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
About Heidrick & Struggles International
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc is an advisory firm providing executive search, leadership consulting and culture shaping services to businesses and business leaders around the world. Its segments include Executive Search, Leadership Consulting and Culture Shaping. It operates its executive search services in three geographic regions: the Americas (which includes the countries in North and South America); Europe (which includes the continents of Europe and Africa), and Asia Pacific (which includes Asia and the region generally known as the Middle East).
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