GEE Group (NYSE:JOB) Earns Buy Rating from Analysts at StockNews.com

StockNews.com started coverage on shares of GEE Group (NYSE:JOBFree Report) in a research note released on Thursday morning. The brokerage issued a buy rating on the stock.

GEE Group Trading Down 4.0 %

GEE Group stock opened at $0.21 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $22.47 million, a P/E ratio of -0.93 and a beta of 0.52. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $0.24 and a 200 day moving average price of $0.24. GEE Group has a 12-month low of $0.20 and a 12-month high of $0.51.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director John Randall Waterfield purchased 131,779 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 14th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $0.24 per share, for a total transaction of $31,626.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 936,779 shares in the company, valued at approximately $224,826.96. The trade was a 16.37 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 16.72% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On GEE Group

An institutional investor recently raised its position in GEE Group stock. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of GEE Group Inc. (NYSE:JOBFree Report) by 16.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 623,748 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 88,900 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC owned about 0.57% of GEE Group worth $129,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. 30.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About GEE Group

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GEE Group Inc provides permanent and temporary professional and industrial staffing and placement services in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Industrial Staffing Services and Professional Staffing Services. It offers placement of information technology, accounting, finance, office, engineering, engineering professionals for direct hire and contract staffing services, and data entry assistants; and temporary staffing services for industrial clients.

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