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Operates SEEK, the leading online employment marketplace in Australia and New Zealand, plus Asian job-site investments.
Operates SEEK, the leading online employment marketplace in Australia and New Zealand, plus Asian job-site investments.
Employers pay per job advertisement, with premium listings priced higher, so revenue depends on the number of ads and the average price per ad; candidates use it free. It also owns the Asian operations, under the Jobstreet and Jobsdb brands, and sells hiring tools to employers.
In one line: Australia's Indeed / ZipRecruiter.
Moat: wide (network effects, brand, scale). Two-sided marketplace with dominant ANZ audience share is hard for new entrants to replicate.
Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia · Founded: 1997 · Employees: 3,091
Size Seek (SEK.AX) is an Australia Information Technology company (Internet Software/Services) with a market value of $3.59B, the 87th largest of 316 Australia companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at A$14.53 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.9%, against -3.1% for the median peer and +4.1% for the Australia market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 17.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.8%); the operating margin is 23.8% (peer median 11.5%).
Valuation It trades at 25.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 32.1× (8th cheapest of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 18% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is +7 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.5 points below its cost of capital (11.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 22 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | A$1.28B | A$1.28B | A$1.10B | A$1.08B | A$1.16B |
| Revenue growth | — | +17% | +1% | -6% | — |
| Gross profit | A$571M | A$571M | A$502M | A$542M | A$647M |
| EBITDA | A$468M | A$471M | A$408M | A$413M | A$484M |
| Net income | -A$371M | -A$371M | A$245M | -A$101M | A$1.05B |
| Free cash flow | A$396M | A$396M | A$477M | A$316M | A$364M |
| Capital expenditure | A$157M | A$157M | A$135M | A$169M | A$179M |
| Total debt | n/a | A$1.26B | A$1.26B | A$1.41B | A$1.50B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seek SEK.AX | $3.59B | +8% | +17% | 24% | 25.8× | 17.7% |
| Recruit 6098.T | $149B | +133% | +9% | 20% | 30.3× | 22.0% |
| Microsoft MSFT | $3.94T | +28% | +18% | 47% | 25.5× | 17.2% |
| ZipRecruiter ZIP | $309M | +4% | 0% | 0% | n/a | 45.4% |
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.
| Measure | SEK.AX | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +18.9% | +5.7% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +7.9% | -3.1% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -45.0% | -26.3% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +17.1% | +6.8% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 23.8% | 11.5% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 25.8× | 32.1× | 8th cheapest of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 17.7% | 15.3% | 8th least demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +11.1% | +10.8% | 8th highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +6.7 pp | -2.4 pp | 7th most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -4.5 pp | -0.8 pp | 6th lowest of 15 |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.4× | 17.1× | 5th cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.4× | 0.6× | 2nd most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seek SEK.AX | Australia | $3.59B | +8% | +17% | 24% | 25.8× | 17.7% | +11.1% |
| SMG Swiss Marketplace SMG.SW | Switzerland | $3.77B | +7% | +13% | 35% | 23.9× | 5.8% | +12.4% |
| Crisil CRISIL.NS | India | $3.40B | +6% | +24% | 26% | 35.0× | n/a | n/a |
| People PPLI | United States | $3.16B | -4% | -29% | 2% | 38.9× | 36.5% | -2.8% |
| AUTO1 AG1.DE | Germany | $4.34B | -14% | +21% | 1% | 29.2× | n/a | n/a |
| PB Fintech POLICYBZR.NS | India | $4.74B | -43% | +37% | 7% | 41.0× | n/a | n/a |
| People.cn 603000.SS | China | $2.69B | -15% | 0% | 12% | 77.2× | 28.6% | -0.4% |
| Aditya Birla Sun Life Amc ABSLAMC.NS | India | $2.68B | -19% | +4% | 60% | 23.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Vend Marketplaces VEND.OL | Norway | $5.11B | -4% | -14% | 29% | 35.2× | 10.7% | -13.2% |
| Youdao, Inc. Sponsored ADR DAO | United States | $2.50B | +59% | +10% | 4% | 59.4× | 33.6% | +17.6% |
| Shanghai Great Wisdom 601519.SS | China | $2.49B | -18% | +6% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Braze BRZE | United States | $5.20B | +111% | +27% | -13% | 57.1× | 27.9% | +37.5% |
| Rightmove RMV.L | United Kingdom | $5.38B | +35% | +7% | 66% | 18.1× | 11.6% | +15.6% |
| Winning Health Technology 300253.SZ | China | $2.31B | -19% | +6% | -20% | 351.5× | 18.9% | -1.4% |
| Autotrader AUTO.L | United Kingdom | $5.68B | +12% | +4% | 62% | 14.3× | -0.7% | +18.9% |
| Mobility Global MBGL | United States | $5.79B | n/a | +8% | 51% | 13.2× | -6.0% | +8.5% |
| XinhuaNet 603888.SS | China | $1.89B | -7% | -1% | 8% | n/a | 22.6% | +9.3% |
| CAR CAR.AX | Australia | $6.85B | -3% | +6% | 38% | 28.5× | 21.8% | +24.0% |
| Scout24 G24.DE | Germany | $6.99B | +19% | +16% | 49% | 22.3× | 10.3% | +12.9% |
| TBO Tek TBOTEK.NS | India | $1.80B | +24% | +74% | 11% | 41.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Ziff Davis ZD | United States | $1.70B | +21% | -8% | 10% | 8.9× | -10.6% | +4.6% |