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Seek (SEK) News

Latest articles and price-sensitive announcements with AI sentiment classification.

Kalkine
Neutral
3d ago

Will ASX 200 Jobs Platform Seek's (ASX:SEK) Hiring Cycle Turn Soon?

Highlights Seek reported that several classes of options, share rights and performance rights have lapsed because conditions were not met. The disclosure is small in size, but it points to performance hurdles that were not achieved. The online employment marketplace remains one of the larger technology names on the local boards. Seek (ASX:SEK), the operator of Australia's best-known online employment marketplace, told the market on Tuesday that several classes of employee options, share right...

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Kalkine
Negative
8 Oct

Where Does Seek Stand After a Weak Outlook (ASX:SEK)?

Highlights Seek's full-year result showed growth in revenue and underlying earnings but a large statutory deficit. Guidance for the new year pointed to more modest growth and sent the shares sharply lower. Artificial intelligence and the Employment Hero stake sale remain the key talking points. Seek (ASX:SEK) remains a talking point on the Australian market as the online employment marketplace works through a reset that began with its full-year result in August. Revenue, earnings and underlyi...

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Kalkine
Neutral
24 Sept

How Is Seek Handling a Softer Hiring Market Today (ASX:SEK)?

Highlights Seek is in focus as the local market retreats and fresh labour data lands today. The employment marketplace is leaning on pricing and AI tools while ad volumes soften. Growth Fund asset sales and New Zealand hiring trends add further context this week. Seek Limited (ASX:SEK) is back in focus today as the Australian share market opens lower after a broad retreat on Wall Street and as official August labour force figures are released, putting the employment marketplace operator's out...

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Kalkine
Neutral
1 Sept

SEEK (ASX:SEK), Xero (ASX:XRO) and CAR (ASX:CAR): Australian AI Stocks in Focus

Highlights AI is becoming increasingly embedded across Australian-listed technology and digital businesses, with recruitment, accounting and automotive marketplaces among the areas seeing notable adoption. SEEK, Xero and CAR Group are using artificial intelligence to enhance matching, automation, reporting, valuation and data-driven services. Their different business models show how AI is moving beyond experimentation and becoming part of everyday commercial platforms across the Australian ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
31 Aug

Why is SEK drawing attention across Communication Stocks?

Highlights EBITDA roseand adjusted profit rose while impairments and fund losses produced a statutory loss across total operations. The update adds fresh operating context to the Communication Stocks segment and shows which business drivers sit behind the headline. The wider sector lens centres on subscriber activity, network investment, service revenue, infrastructure utilisation and the changing mix of connectivity services, keeping the article factual and focused on disclosed information. ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
25 Aug

Why Is SEEK (ASX:SEK) Watching Job Listings Closely?

Highlights Listing volumes have stabilised after a prolonged decline from post-pandemic peaks. Yield growth through contract mix and pricing has offset a large share of volume weakness. Asian market exposure adds growth optionality alongside meaningful execution complexity. SEEK has spent an extended stretch absorbing the unwind of an extraordinary hiring boom, and the local employment marketplace is now approaching the point where volume comparisons turn less punishing. Car Group (ASX:CAR), ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
25 Aug

Why Is SEEK (ASX:SEK) Back on the Communication Stocks Radar?

Highlights Asian marketplaces completed a freemium rollout that lifted listing counts, unique hirers and audience sharply. Seek has spent the fortnight since its full-year release trying to reclaim ground lost in a single brutal session, after a result that combined. The stock still fell heavily, and the episode has become one of the defining case studies of an August reporting season that has punished. The newest disclosure from Seek (ASX:SEK) lands in a sector where connectivity and media b...

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Kalkine
Neutral
24 Aug

Can SEEK (ASX:SEK) Benefit as Job Listings Stabilise?

Highlights Listing volumes have stabilised after a prolonged decline from post-pandemic peaks. Yield growth through contract mix and pricing has offset a large share of volume weakness. Asian market exposure adds growth optionality alongside meaningful execution complexity. SEEK has spent an extended stretch absorbing the unwind of an extraordinary hiring boom, and the local employment marketplace is now approaching the point where volume comparisons turn less punishing. Car Group (ASX:CAR), ...

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Kalkine
Neutral
19 Aug

Seek (ASX:SEK) Catalyst Watch: What Could Move Shares Next on 19 August

Highlights The 19 August reporting calendar includes ARB Corporation, Bega Cheese, Breville Group, BWP Trust and Deterra Royalties among companies scheduled to report. Seek (ASX:SEK) is the primary company lens, while Telstra Group (ASX:TLS), REA Group (ASX:REA), News Corporation (ASX:NWS) provide category context. The article focuses on subscriber economics, digital platforms and advertising demand without using directional investment recommendations. The central question for communication s...

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Kalkine
Neutral
17 Aug

SEEK (ASX:SEK) Rebounds After Sharp Post-Result Slide

Highlights A heavy fall on results day was followed by an equally sharp recovery the next session. Job advertisement volumes have softened while yield per listing continues to do the work. Asian marketplace exposure adds a demand profile quite unlike the domestic employment market. SEEK (ASX:SEK) staged a sharp recovery in the session after its full-year result, having fallen heavily when the numbers first landed, as the market reconsidered whether the initial reaction had overstated the dete...

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Kalkine
Neutral
17 Aug

SEEK (ASX:SEK) Slips as Job Ad Volumes Soften

Highlights Advertised role volumes track hiring intent with only a very short lag. Yield initiatives have offset volume weakness across recent reporting cycles. Asian market exposures behave differently from the domestic marketplace. Shares in SEEK (ASX:SEK), the employment marketplace whose platform carries the bulk of advertised roles across the country and operates across several Asian markets, slipped on the local market today as fresh evidence of softening advertised volumes revived ques...

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Kalkine
Neutral
16 Aug

ASX 200: Why Is SEEK (ASX:SEK) Testing Its AI Strategy?

Highlights SEEK is leaning more heavily on artificial intelligence and smarter job-ad products as hiring volumes remain uneven across its employment marketplaces. Higher bond yields can place greater pressure on growth-oriented technology valuations, making execution and cash conversion more important than thematic enthusiasm alone. The companys next operating test is whether AI-supported pricing, matching and product innovation can strengthen customer value without weakening marketplace activi...

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Kalkine
Positive
14 Aug

Why Did SEEK (ASX:SEK) Rally as the ASX 200 Closed Lower?

Highlights The Australian market finished weaker as metals, mining, materials and gold shares dragged on the broader benchmark. SEEK, Block and Austal were among the strongest performers despite the softer market backdrop. Mesoblast, Centuria Capital and Storage King Group were among the notable laggards as volatility increased. Australian equities ended the session on a weaker note as resource-heavy sectors weighed on sentiment, but the day was far from uniformly negative. The [ASX 200] close...

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Kalkine
Neutral
14 Aug

Why Did SEEK (ASX:SEK) Rise as Australian Shares Closed Lower?

Highlights Australian shares finished lower as weakness across metals, mining, materials and gold weighed on the broader market. SEEK, Block and Austal stood out among the stronger performers despite generally cautious market sentiment. Mesoblast, Centuria Capital and Storage King Group were among the notable laggards as selling broadened across several sectors. Australian shares ended the session on a softer note as weakness across resources and precious metals outweighed strength in selected...

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Kalkine
Neutral
12 Aug

Why Is SEEK (ASX:SEK) Under Pressure After FY26 Results?

Highlights SEEK delivered stronger underlying earnings, but the market response centred on a softer outlook for hiring activity and future profit growth. The group continues investing in product innovation and artificial intelligence while managing weaker employment-market volumes across key markets. Portfolio simplification, cash discipline and the future treatment of Growth Fund assets remain important parts of the company update. Australian technology-linked shares can react sharply when s...

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Kalkine
Neutral
11 Aug

Seek (ASX:SEK) Limited Employment Platform Advances: Key Trends to Watch

Highlights Online recruitment platform strengthens market leadership position Employment market digitalization continues across geographies Classified advertising platforms demonstrate enduring business value Seek Limited (ASX:SEK) operates as the preeminent online employment marketplace in the Asia-Pacific region, facilitating connections between employers seeking talent and candidates pursuing opportunities. The broader [ASX 200] remains an important benchmark for Australian market sentim...

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Kalkine
Neutral
11 Aug

How Will Seek (ASX:SEK) Face Job Advertising And Platform Depth?

Highlights Seek remains in focus as investors assess job advertising and platform depth through cost-to-serve, a key indicator of whether current momentum can translate into durable operating progress. August reporting season is sharpening attention on subscriber quality and network reliability, helping investors distinguish headline activity from the underlying quality of the business outlook. A key risk is that network investment can delay cash improvement, which could weaken confidence in th...

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Kalkine
Neutral
4 Aug

SEEK (ASX:SEK): Can Employment Advertising Reset the Debate?

Highlights SEEK's August reporting-season setup puts employment advertising at the centre of the immediate market discussion. Australian communication stocks conditions keep SEEK sensitive to demand, costs and platform costs through the reporting cycle. For SEEK, the test is whether platform costs can support execution and financial flexibility through the next cycle. Australian shares enter the session with reporting season sharpening attention on company-specific evidence, while broader rat...

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Kalkine
Neutral
3 Aug

Seek (ASX:SEK): Is Margin Discipline the Key Signal?

Highlights Seek enters the reporting period with job ads and platform investment central to the next company disclosure and the wider market debate. The Technology Stocks backdrop is testing recurring revenue, retention and cost control as rates, demand and capital discipline shape market interpretation. A comparison with REA Group clarifies differences in scale, operating exposure, funding needs and sensitivity to external conditions. The Australian share market enters the current reporting s...

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Kalkine
Neutral
31 July

Why Is Seek (ASX:SEK) Back in Focus?

Highlights Seek's investment arm is working to divest its remaining stake in workforce software business Employment Hero. The move reflects a broader push to simplify the group's portfolio of minority investments outside its core employment marketplace. Job listing platforms continue to navigate a softer hiring environment across parts of the domestic labour market. Seek Limited (ASX:SEK) is working through the sale of its remaining stake in workforce management software business Employment H...

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Kalkine
Neutral
30 July

Why Is SEEK (ASX:SEK) Repricing Platform Quality?

SEEK is being read through employment market sensitivity as communication stocks regain attention The latest ASX mood blends local inflation relief with offshore caution Telstra adds a peer reference that keeps the category story grounded Softer Australian inflation gave the local market a relief tone before offshore caution returned, leaving SEEK in a sharper editorial frame for Australian market readers. Telstra Group (ASX:TLS), telecommunications company with mobile and infrastructure exposu...

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Kalkine
Neutral
28 July

Could SEEK (ASX:SEK) Reset the Sector Debate?

Highlights SEEK sits inside a sharper digital networks debate after defensive telecoms and online marketplaces facing different growth tests. SEEK's today's ASX reset inside Communication Stocks rewards cleaner balance sheets, steadier revenue and credible execution. Communication Stocks around SEEK remain tied to local rates, offshore leads and company-specific operating evidence. The Australian share market moved into today's session with a cleaner risk tone, and CAR Group (ASX:CAR), a digi...

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