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JOBS
51job, Inc
~4 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
51job, Inc. What it actually does.

Provides online recruitment services through websites and mobile applications. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 2004
8,431 employees
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
58%Online Recruitment Services
Online Recruitment ServicesOther Human Resource Related Services 42%
58% of all revenue comes from a single line: Online Recruitment Services.

That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.

Revenue last year:
$660M
The net profit left over:
$90.9M
Out of every $100 in sales, $14 stays as net profit.
THE SLICE THAT TURNS INTO PROFIT: 14%

This is an established company with proven profits.

THE SALES TREND
Sales are growing overall, with a pause along the way.

Average growth of 12% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.

$425.3M
2017
2018
2019
2020
$660M
2021
Cash on hand:
$1.6B
Total debt:
$168.7M
The cash outweighs the debt.

If every debt were paid off today, $1.4B would still be left in the vault — a solid cushion for hard times.

Every quarter, analysts set a profit bar.
How many of the last 8 did the company clear?
4 / 8
EXPECTATIONS MET OR BEATEN
4
May 2020
Apr 2022
4 TIMES IN THE LAST 8 QUARTERS
A mixed scorecard.
THE COUNCIL REVIEW
9

angles, checked one by one.

The 2 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.

The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.

STRENGTHS
Fat profit per sale, but shrinking10/10
A strong cash pile8/10
THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
Below the peak, but no collapse.

The stock trades 23% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.

1
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/2
Sales keep climbing

Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 12% a year on average.

2
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 2/2
Strong cash, light debt

There is $1.6B in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $1.4B would remain.

THE RISKS

Our checks did not surface a specific risk to flag here. That is not the same as there being none.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 12, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film