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Poland · PLN·Industrials›Personnel Services

Poland's leading online job board operator (Pracuj.pl), also providing recruitment and HR services across Central and Eastern Europe.

≈ Poland's LinkedIn/Indeed - leading online job boardMomentum neutral 58
Mkt cap
$919M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
31%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$209,744
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+81.7 pp
WACC 10.1%
Hurdle
-24 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
13 days
19 Nov 2026
Close · PLNPLN 52.30
1D-0.4%
1W-3.1%
1M-5.8%
3M-6.4%
6M+23.2%
YTD+13.0%
1Y-7.4%
ATR %3.4%
52w lowhigh11.4% off high

What Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna does

Poland's leading online job board operator (Pracuj.pl), also providing recruitment and HR services across Central and Eastern Europe.

Employers pay to post job ads and to search candidate profiles, so revenue follows hiring activity and the number of listings, while job seekers use the site free. The Polish site still carries the group, with recruitment services and Central and Eastern European platforms secondary.

In one line: Poland's LinkedIn/Indeed - leading online job board.

Products and services

  • Online job board (Pracuj.pl)
  • Recruitment/HR services
  • International CEE job platforms

Customers

  • Employers posting job ads
  • Job seekers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Online marketplaces
  • Job board platform
  • Recruitment/HR services

What could go right

  • Job market/hiring activity growth
  • Premium recruiting service upsell

What could go wrong

  • Macro/labor market cyclicality
  • Competition from LinkedIn/global platforms

Moat: wide (network effects, brand, scale). Dominant #1 job board brand in Poland with strong employer/job-seeker network effects.

Headquarters: Warsaw, Poland · Founded: 2000

Named competitors

Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna at a glance

Size Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna (GPP.WA) is a Poland Industrials company (Personnel Services) with a market value of $919M, the 43rd largest of 83 Poland companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at PLN 52.30 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 23.2%, against +23.2% for the median peer and +14.3% for the Poland market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.8% over the last twelve months (peer median -0.3%); the operating margin is 37.0% (peer median 4.3%).

Valuation It trades at 13.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.1× (9th cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +22%, so the hurdle is -24 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 81.7 points above its cost of capital (10.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 19 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 126GPP.WA 123
Six months, rebased to 100: Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna financials

Reported figures in PLN; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenuePLN 827MPLN 811MPLN 770MPLN 724MPLN 609M
Revenue growth—+5%+6%+19%—
Gross profitPLN 417MPLN 413MPLN 384MPLN 362MPLN 324M
EBITDAPLN 350MPLN 350MPLN 332MPLN 317MPLN 269M
Net incomePLN 247MPLN 239MPLN 204MPLN 185MPLN 167M
Free cash flowPLN 315MPLN 305MPLN 244MPLN 273MPLN 206M
Capital expenditurePLN 28.6MPLN 28.0MPLN 24.4MPLN 22.4MPLN 15.8M
Total debtPLN 155MPLN 157MPLN 246MPLN 297MPLN 386M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%-10%0%+10%PAGEKFRC21462154SDGBBSI2124HASUPWK2175300662CEN2379CHZKELYAQUESS4849STEMMAN4848GPP.WA6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%20×40×PAGEKFRC21462154SDGBBSI2124HASUPWK2175300662CEN2379CHZKELYA4849STEMMAN4848GPP.WARevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%0%20%PAGEKFRC21462154SDGBBSI2124HASUPWK21753006622379CHZKELYAQUESSSTEMMAN4848GPP.WAGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna is the large dot.

Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (GPP.WA vs 6098.T vs STEP vs MSFT)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna GPP.WA$919M+23%+5%37%13.1×-1.9%
Recruit 6098.T$149B+133%+9%20%30.3×22.0%
StepStone STEP$5.73B-15%+51%-53%18.1×n/a
Microsoft MSFT$3.94T+28%+18%47%25.5×17.2%

How Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGPP.WAPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.8%-1.5%7th lowest of 21
6-month return+23.2%+23.2%11th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-11.4%-15.9%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+4.8%-0.3%8th highest of 21
Operating margin37.0%4.3%highest of 21
Forward P/E13.1×15.1×9th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-1.9%5.3%6th least demanding of 20
Growth delivered (Del g)+22.1%+7.1%2nd highest of 20
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-24.0 pp-1.4 pp2nd least demanding of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital+81.7 pp+7.4 pphighest of 20
EV / EBITDA9.8×8.7×3rd most expensive of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-0.5×-0.9×9th most indebted of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna GPP.WAPoland$919M+23%+5%37%13.1×-1.9%+22.1%
Michael Page PAGE.LUnited Kingdom$896M+60%-3%2%43.4×23.5%+4.1%
Kforce KFRCUnited States$970M+25%+2%5%18.0×9.8%-1.0%
UT Group Co.,Ltd. 2146.TJapan$868M+22%-13%7%16.1×6.7%+7.7%
Open Up 2154.TJapan$1.11B+12%-11%10%13.1×-6.5%+11.1%
Synergie SDG.PAFrance$753M-3%+5%3%11.8×-13.4%+8.2%
Barrett Business Services BBSIUnited States$725M0%+6%4%18.2×1.9%+7.1%
JAC Recruitment 2124.TJapan$1.21B+34%+12%26%19.3×-1.0%+16.4%
Hays HAS.LUnited Kingdom$1.24B+75%-3%1%33.0×18.3%+2.6%
Upwork UPWKUnited States$1.26B+14%-1%18%8.9×-7.1%+16.1%
SMS 2175.TJapan$1.31B+33%+8%11%31.1×19.2%+12.5%
Beijing Career International 300662.SZChina$643M-10%+13%2%12.0×10.6%+29.9%
Groupe Crit CEN.PAFrance$534M-20%+1%3%8.3×n/an/a
dip 2379.TJapan$520M-17%-9%7%68.1×-1.1%+11.0%
HRnetGroup CHZ.SISingapore$519M-9%+1%7%14.0×-13.1%+6.2%
Kelly Services KELYAUnited States$507M+40%-10%1%10.2×12.8%-1.2%
Quess QUESS.NSIndia$505M+41%-12%2%17.1×16.3%+7.1%
en Inc. 4849.TJapan$504M+60%-11%7%9.6×5.3%+6.7%
SThree STEM.LUnited Kingdom$481M+65%-9%2%42.2×10.2%+1.6%
ManpowerGroup MANUnited States$2.07B+49%+7%2%10.3×-0.4%0.0%
Fullcast 4848.TJapan$401M+12%+33%9%11.6×-12.6%+12.3%

Questions

Who are Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna's main competitors?
Named competitors: Recruit Holdings (Indeed) (6098.T), StepStone Group (STEP), Microsoft (LinkedIn) (MSFT). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Michael Page (PAGE.L), Kforce (KFRC), UT Group Co.,Ltd. (2146.T), Open Up (2154.T), Synergie (SDG.PA), Barrett Business Services (BBSI).
Is Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.1× against a peer median of 15.1×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +22%, so the hurdle is -24 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Grupa Pracuj spolka akcyjna stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +23.2% against +23.2% for the median peer; over one year -7.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.