Hays (HAS)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE 250

54.85p
   
  • Change Today:
    -2.25p
  • 52 Week High: 96.60p
  • 52 Week Low: 54.50p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,591.93m
  • Volume: 5,465,308
  • Market Cap: £873.17m
  • RiskGrade: 145
  • Beta: 0.01

Hays Overview

Hays PLC is a United Kingdom-based company, which is engaged in providing qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment. The Company operates through four geographic regions: Australia & New Zealand, Germany, United Kingdom & Ireland, and Rest of World. The Company’s consultants work in a range of sectors, covering 21 professional and skilled recruitment specialisms. Its specialisms include technology, accountancy and finance, banking and capital markets, construction and property, engineering and manufacturing, life science, office support, sales and marketing, and other. The Company’s Find & Engage recruitment marketing model combines the practices and skills of traditional hiring, and then incorporates new technology and data science to locate candidates at scale.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.2% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.1 1.9
Op Mrgn 0.2% 0.9%
ROCE 2.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 43.6 34.5
PEG n/a 1.3
Pr/Revenue 0.1 0.1
Pr/Book 1.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -4.9% -5.6%
PBT -89.8% 3481.1%
EPS -67.5% 26.4%
DPS -58.7% -28.9%

Hays Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-21 5,648.40 88.10 3.67p 43.2 n/a -30% 1.22p 0.8%
30-Jun-22 6,588.90 204.30 9.22p 12.1 0.1 +151% 2.85p 2.6%
30-Jun-23 7,583.30 192.10 8.59p 11.9 n/a -7% n/a 0.0%
30-Jun-24 6,949.10 14.70 4.03p 23.4 n/a -53% 3.00p 3.2%
30-Jun-25 6,607.00 1.50 1.31p 54.5 n/a -68% 1.24p 1.7%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Hays Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-26 6,233.84 53.72 1.66p 33.1 1.3 +26% 0.88p 0.0%
30-Jun-27 6,538.99 94.93 3.47p 15.8 0.1 +110% 1.37p 0.0%
30-Jun-28 7,164.17 141.73 5.69p 9.6 0.2 +64% 2.01p 0.0%

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Hays Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 15-Sep-2025 16:50 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 05-Sep-2025 14:52 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 03-Sep-2025 15:00 RNS

Hays ShareCast News

London close: Stocks weaker as UK jobless rate h... 16-Sep-2025 ShareCast
Jefferies trims ratings on Hays, Ashtead 11-Sep-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks mixed on US jobless claims,... 21-Aug-2025 ShareCast

Hays Top Newspaper Links

Hays sees rise in UK recruitment 10-Oct-2014 The Herald
Move to bigger offices for Hays 08-Sep-2014 The Herald
Hays posts increase in its earnings 29-Aug-2014 The Herald

Latest Hays Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
15-Sep-25 Transfer From Dirk Hahn 0.000p 79,674 £0.00
28-Aug-25 Buy Dirk Hahn 61.54p 364,000 £224,013.66
22-Aug-25 Buy Dirk Hahn 63.99p 30,000 £19,195.49

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Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Hays Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 54.85p
Change Today -2.25p
% Change -3.94 %
52 Week High 96.60p
52 Week Low 54.50p
Volume 5,465,308
Shares Issued 1,591.93m
Market Cap £873.17m
Beta 0.01
RiskGrade 145

Hays Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
66.93% below the market average66.93% below the market average66.93% below the market average66.93% below the market average66.93% below the market average
45.88% below the sector average45.88% below the sector average45.88% below the sector average45.88% below the sector average45.88% below the sector average
Price Trend
61.95% below the market average61.95% below the market average61.95% below the market average61.95% below the market average61.95% below the market average
59.14% below the sector average59.14% below the sector average59.14% below the sector average59.14% below the sector average59.14% below the sector average
Income
15.36% below the market average15.36% below the market average15.36% below the market average15.36% below the market average15.36% below the market average
3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average
Growth
56.89% below the market average56.89% below the market average56.89% below the market average56.89% below the market average56.89% below the market average
59.09% below the sector average59.09% below the sector average59.09% below the sector average59.09% below the sector average59.09% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 2
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
neutral
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Hays Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 16-Oct-25 27-Feb-25
Paid 26-Nov-25 09-Apr-25
Amount 0.29p 0.95p

Trades for 16-Sep-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 12,903 @ 54.85p
16:35 7,961 @ 54.85p
16:35 20,867 @ 54.85p
16:35 580 @ 54.85p
16:35 7,659 @ 54.85p

Hays Key Personnel

CEO Dirk Hahn

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