investment case

partner for talent strategy.

Randstad aspires to be the world’s most equitable and specialized talent company. As a global market leader with the benefit of truly local expertise, we are passionate about creating an equitable culture and core values that reflect the company’s founding more than 60 years ago. By building on our strong foundations in the dynamic world of work and focusing our efforts on four core specializations, we are becoming a true partner to talent and clients. Randstad was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Diemen, the Netherlands.

€ 25.4 billion in revenue

43,340 avg. corporate employees

4,879 offices in 39 markets

602,100 people employed every day

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the world of work is rapidly changing.

The world of work is being transformed by three fundamental trends; structural talent scarcity and changing talent expectations, clients seeking deeper partnerships to manage their talent needs, and the deployment of digital technologies, including AI in the workplace. Randstad is the world’s largest talent company and a partner of choice to clients with truly local expertise. We have a strong brand, a passionate culture and core values that are as relevant today as when the company was founded over 60 years ago.

We have a deep understanding of the labor market and help our clients to create the high-quality, diverse and agile workforces they need to succeed. Our 43,200 employees around the world make a positive impact on society by helping people to realize their true potential throughout their working life.

Our 'partner for talent' strategy ensures that talent receive the focused support they require and clients receive the specialized skills and expertise that their business needs. We aim to realize our ambition by executing on five strategic pillars:

Growth through specialization: the four specializations, being Operational, Professional, Digital, and Enterprise, will bring focus and distinctness, enabling us to grow faster and deliver better for our clients and talent.
Talent and equity: we are dedicated to finding, developing and retaining the best talent in each specialization, whilst ensuring that they have equitable opportunities and experiences.
Delivery excellence: we will make a step-up in delivery excellence by providing an even more specialized approach. We will expand and enhance our omnichannel delivery model for both talent and clients.
Randstad talent platform: we will enhance our Randstad Talent platform, upgrading our core IT capabilities over the coming period and scaling our digital solutions, whilst increasing efficiency and our ability to deliver future innovations at pace and at scale.
Best team in the industry: we will continue to invest in our employee value proposition, to deliver on its equity and specialization ambition and provide the best experiences for our employees.

a new growth algorithm.

The global market for talent solutions continues to expand and Randstad is well positioned to capture future growth opportunities provided by the focus on the specialization. We strive to accelerate growth through specialization, targeting high growth segments and expanding our services portfolio. We will continue to invest in organic growth opportunities and the Randstad Talent Platform. M&A to complement organic growth in each of the four specializations.

Through increased field productivity and scale, we strive to drive gradual margin expansion towards underlying EBITA margin of 5%-6% over time. We have a strong focus on return on invested capital, optimizing our Economic Value Add (EVA) by applying a disciplined investment approach. We strive to maintain a sound financial position.

focus on shareholder returns

Our financial objectives and capital allocation policy enable us to create sustainable long-term value for all our stakeholders. Simultaneously promoting the interests of all stakeholders is deeply embedded in our values, and we aim to safeguard this while also delivering attractive returns to our shareholders. Randstad's dividend policy is part of our overall capital allocation policy and consists of two elements:

the regular ordinary cash dividend. We aim for a flexible payout ratio of 40% to 50% of adjusted net income; we have set a conditional ordinary cash floor dividend of € 1.62 per share.
discretionary additional capital returns to shareholders in the event of a leverage ratio <1 (excluding lease liabilities).

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