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seek



Company name in Chinese: / Company name in English: seek
Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia Country: Australia
Established: 1997 Website: http://www.seek.com.au/
Main Business: Online Recruitment Annual revenue of 2013: 627 million dollars
Stock Exchange: Australian Securities Exchange Stock Code: SEK
About: seek(ASX:SEK) is an Australia-based company engaged in advertising employment classifieds and related services on the Internet, and provision and distribution of vocational training and higher education courses. The Company operates in two segments: online employment classified advertising (Employment) and the provision and execution of training courses (Education). The Employment business is considered as one reporting segment, which provides online employment classified advertising services through the SEEK Website. It sells these services in Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom. The Education division comprises two segments: Learning and Think. The Learning business markets, sells and distributes (predominately through online channels) vocational training and education training courses in Australia. Think is a provider of vocational training and higher education courses, including classroom based and distance learning courses and operates in Australia.

Major financial data in Fiscal 2013(Unit: $ million)

Operating profit Net profit Pre-tax profit Shareholders' equity
314 / 191 /
Total assets by the end of 2013 Average total assets Current assets Current liabilities
2,204 1,823 321 357
Receivable by the end of 2013 Average receivable Total liabilities Interest expense
83 75 907 24

Major financial ratios in Fiscal 2013:

Indicator Ratio Compared with industry average Indicator Ratio Compared with industry average
Revenue growth rate 36.0% Higher Net profit margin / /
Total turnover ratio 0.3 Lower ROE / /
Accounts receivable turnover ratio 8.3 Lower Debt-asset ratio 41.2% Lower
ROA / / Current ratio 0.9 Lower
Operating margin 50.0% Higher Times Interest Earned 16.3 Higher