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傑富瑞表示,Seek面臨日益激烈的短期競爭和人工智慧風險。

-- 傑富瑞週一發布的一份報告指出,Seek(ASX:SEK)面臨短期和長期風險,一旦出售其持有的Employment Hero全部股份,可能會面臨更激烈的競爭。 Employment Hero在其求職入口網站和應用程式上擁有30萬中小企業客戶。 這家股票研究公司表示,人工智慧可能會為Seek帶來多種結果,因為招聘廣告以文字形式呈現,而其他平台(例如應徵者追蹤系統)也可以將求職者與空缺職位進行配對。 報告指出,Seek的招聘廣告指數在本財年迄今下降了約2.5%,而該公司先前預測的廣告量將保持相對穩定。 CAR集團(ASX:CAR)仍然是傑富瑞在分類廣告行業的首選股,其穩健且多元化的盈利能力使其即使在宏觀經濟疲軟的情況下也能表現良好。傑富瑞表示,該公司憑藉其市場領導地位和豐富的數據集,能夠有效抵禦人工智慧帶來的衝擊;同時,其對人工智慧中心的投資將有助於其應對任何原生人工智慧領域的挑戰者。 同時,REA集團(ASX:REA)在房地產分類廣告市場幾乎不受Domain的競爭威脅。傑富瑞認為,“鑑於REA的元數據優勢、產品創新以及與經紀人工作流程的整合,其面臨人工智能驅動的去中介化風險較低。” 這家股票研究公司將Seek的評級從“買入”下調至“持有”,並將目標價從24.80澳元下調至15.90澳元。傑富瑞維持對CAR集團和REA集團的「買入」評級,但將CAR的目標價從38.50澳元下調至33澳元,並將REA集團的目標價從203澳元下調至192澳元。 這些調整是產業估值標準化進程的一部分。 Seek 的股票在周二的交易中下跌了近 3%,CAR 集團的股票上漲了約 1%,REA 集團的股票上漲了近 2%。

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