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杰富瑞表示,Seek面临日益激烈的短期竞争和人工智能风险。

-- 杰富瑞周一发布的一份报告指出,Seek(ASX:SEK)面临短期和长期风险,一旦出售其持有的Employment Hero全部股份,可能会面临更激烈的竞争。Employment Hero在其求职门户网站和应用程序上拥有30万中小企业客户。 这家股票研究公司表示,人工智能可能会给Seek带来多种结果,因为招聘广告以文本形式呈现,而其他平台(例如应聘者追踪系统)也可以将求职者与空缺职位进行匹配。 报告指出,Seek的招聘广告指数在本财年迄今为止下降了约2.5%,而该公司此前预测的广告量将保持相对稳定。 CAR集团(ASX:CAR)仍然是杰富瑞在分类广告行业的首选股,其稳健且多元化的盈利能力使其即使在宏观经济疲软的情况下也能表现良好。杰富瑞表示,该公司凭借其市场领导地位和丰富的数据集,能够有效抵御人工智能带来的冲击;同时,其对人工智能中心的投资将有助于其应对任何原生人工智能领域的挑战者。 与此同时,REA集团(ASX:REA)在房地产分类广告市场几乎不受Domain的竞争威胁。杰富瑞认为,“鉴于REA的元数据优势、产品创新以及与经纪人工作流程的整合,其面临人工智能驱动的去中介化风险较低。” 这家股票研究公司将Seek的评级从“买入”下调至“持有”,并将目标价从24.80澳元下调至15.90澳元。杰富瑞维持对CAR集团和REA集团的“买入”评级,但将CAR的目标价从38.50澳元下调至33澳元,并将REA集团的目标价从203澳元下调至192澳元。 这些调整是行业估值标准化进程的一部分。 Seek 的股票在最近的周二交易中下跌了近 3%,CAR 集团的股票上涨了约 1%,REA 集团的股票上涨了近 2%。

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