Companies Communication
Recruit
¥19,200.00+¥310.00 (+1.64%) on the day
Communication, Internet Content & Information. Revenue of ¥3.70tn in the year to Mar 2026, up 3.9%, with an operating margin of 17.1%.
Against its peers
Recruit (filled) against the other 11 communication companies among the 200 largest in the six Asian markets. Tap or hover a dot to read it.
Yahoo Finance, 30 Oct 2026. P/E on the last four quarters' diluted EPS; revenue growth and operating margin for each company's last fiscal year; debt to equity at the last balance sheet; dividend yield on the last 12 months' dividends.
Valuation
Not modelled yet: free cash flow was n/a in the year to Mar 2026, and a cash flow model needs a positive starting point to mean anything.
Valuation over time
The price to earnings ratio at each month end, on the last fiscal year’s diluted earnings per share known at the time, against its average over the period.
P/EAverage
Month-end closes and annual reports, via Yahoo Finance.
Where revenue goes
Of every ¥100 of revenue in the year to Mar 2026, Recruit kept ¥13 as net income.
Annual report for the year to Mar 2026, via Yahoo Finance. Items under 0.5% of revenue are folded into the next line.
Revenue and profit, 4 years
Revenue and net income each fiscal year, in billions of yen. Tap or hover a year to read it.
RevenueNet income
Annual reports, via Yahoo Finance.
Last 5 quarters
Revenue in billions of yen and diluted earnings per share, quarter by quarter.
Revenue
Earnings per share
Quarterly reports, via Yahoo Finance. Quarters are named by the month they end.
Cash flow and investment
Cash from operations, what went into capital spending, and the free cash flow left, in billions of yen.
Cash from operationsCapital spendingFree cash flow
Annual reports, via Yahoo Finance.
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments, debt and shareholders’ equity at each fiscal year end, in billions of yen.
Cash and investmentsDebtEquity
Annual reports, via Yahoo Finance. Debt excludes leases.
Returns to shareholders
Dividends paid and shares bought back each fiscal year, against net income, in billions of yen.
DividendsBuybacksNet income
Annual reports, via Yahoo Finance.
Share price returns
Price change over each period to the close of 30 Oct 2026, without dividends.
| Series | 1 month | 3 months | Year to date | 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recruit | +14.3% | +52.4% | +117.0% | +161.4% |
| Communication average (12) | +0.6% | +4.9% | +8.0% | +7.2% |
| Nikkei 225 | −5.2% | +1.5% | +25.7% | +22.9% |
Yahoo Finance daily closes, in yen. The sector average is the simple average of its companies among the 200 largest in the six Asian markets.
Against the market
Recruit and the Nikkei 225 over the past year, both rebased to 100, each in its own currency.
RecruitNikkei 225
Yahoo Finance, daily closes to 30 Oct 2026.
Risk
How much the shares move, and how far they have fallen from their high over the past year.
- Volatility, 1 year53%Annualised daily moves; the Nikkei 225 moved 29%
- Beta to the Nikkei 2250.321.0 moves with the market
- Deepest fall, 1 year−34.7%19 Jan 2026 to 17 Feb 2026
- Below its highAt its highAgainst the year’s highest close
Yahoo Finance daily closes. Beta from daily returns against the Nikkei 225.
Investment memo
Coming with the Andra Markets subscription: a full memo on Recruit, written for professionals.
- The thesis and what would change it
- Segment by segment, with the model's full workings
- Three scenarios with their assumptions
- What to watch at the next results
Ahead
From the Andra Markets calendar, Yahoo Finance.
For information only. Not investment advice.