SThree full-year profit rises as global companies raise hiring
(Reuters) - Recruiter SThree Plc (STHR.L) said full-year like-for-like gross profit rose 13.2 percent as more jobs opened up across its markets.
The staffing company said gross profit rose to 218.2 million pounds in the year ended Nov. 30 from 192.8 million. The year-earlier figure was restated to exclude the impact of the disposal of its IT Job Board business.
Analysts had expected SThree, which places people with financial, energy, banking and pharmaceutical companies, to post a profit of 217.5 million pounds, according to a consensus from Oct. 3 posted on the company's website.
Gross profit reflects fees earned from all recruitment activities.
(Reporting by Esha Vaish in Bangalore; editing by Jason Neely)
