Adecco

The staffing firm Adecco is rolling out the AI solution "Agentforce" globally in more than 40 countries after pilot projects in the UK and France were successful. Adecco had previously acquired the "Agentforce 360" solution from Salesforce; the product is based on Anthropic's Claude technology and is intended to support sales, recruitment, and customer and candidate service. » More on finanzen.net

A 100 CHF investment a year ago would have bought 3.906 Adecco SA shares, whose total value on August 28, 2026 was CHF 95.00, based on the closing price of CHF 24.32. This corresponds to a decline of about 5.00 percent compared with the value a year earlier. Adecco SA’s market capitalization most recently stood at CHF 4.19 billion; stock splits and dividends were not taken into account in the calculation. » More on finanzen.net

Adecco reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.61 in the second quarter, beating estimates by 24.8%, while revenue of $6.0bn narrowly missed the consensus expectation by 0.66%. The stock fell about 3.9% pre-market as investors focused on the slightly weaker revenue growth, one-off charges and only gradual near-term margin improvements. Organic revenue growth was 5.6% (fifth consecutive quarter), the company improved margins and plans to expand the use of agentic AI to 70% of revenue by the end of 2026. Management expects a slight gross margin improvement in Q3 but sees restructuring costs (~€15m) and regional unevenness as short-term risks. » More on de.investing.com