Hays (HAS)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE 250

65.85p
   
  • Change Today:
      2.55p
  • 52 Week High: 101.90
  • 52 Week Low: 63.10
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,591.90m
  • Volume: 18,709,364
  • Market Cap: £1,048.27m
  • RiskGrade: 145

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 0.0% 0.0%
Div Cover n/a 0.8
Op Mrgn 0.4% 0.9%
ROCE 4.2%  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 36.4
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -8.4% -10.8%
PBT -92.3% 263.4%
EPS n/a n/a
DPS n/a n/a

Hays Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-20 5,929.50 86.30 5.28p 22.5 n/a -56% n/a 0.0%
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 (0.31)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%

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-25 6,201.96 53.41 1.95p 33.8 n/a n/a 2.52p 0.0%
30-Jun-26 6,231.30 74.86 2.74p 24.1 0.6 +40% 2.55p 0.0%
30-Jun-27 6,715.82 120.27 4.72p 13.9 0.2 +73% 2.73p 0.0%

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Hays Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 20-Jun-2025 09:37 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 19-Jun-2025 10:18 RNS
Pre-Close Year End Trading Update 19-Jun-2025 07:00 RNS

Hays ShareCast News

Director dealings: Hays chair buys profit warnin... 20-Jun-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks lower as BoE keeps rates on... 19-Jun-2025 ShareCast
Hays warns on profits, cites 'more challenging' ... 19-Jun-2025 ShareCast

Hays Top Newspaper Links

Recruiter Hays warns global slump in hirings wil... 19-Jun-2025 Guardian
Hays sees rise in UK recruitment 10-Oct-2014 The Herald
Move to bigger offices for Hays 08-Sep-2014 The Herald

Latest Hays Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
19-Jun-25 Buy Michael Findlay 57.88p 34,382 £19,898.55
15-Apr-25 Buy Dividends James Hilton 69.93p 119 £83.21
15-Apr-25 Buy Dividends James Hilton 69.93p 335 £234.25

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Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

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 65.85p
Change Today 2.55p
% Change 4.03 %
52 Week High 101.90
52 Week Low 63.10
Volume 18,709,364
Shares Issued 1,591.90m
Market Cap £1,048.27m
RiskGrade 145

Hays Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
60.06% below the market average60.06% below the market average60.06% below the market average60.06% below the market average60.06% below the market average
50.56% below the sector average50.56% below the sector average50.56% below the sector average50.56% below the sector average50.56% below the sector average
Price Trend
67.3% below the market average67.3% below the market average67.3% below the market average67.3% below the market average67.3% below the market average
64.58% below the sector average64.58% below the sector average64.58% below the sector average64.58% below the sector average64.58% below the sector average
Income
0.96% below the market average0.96% below the market average0.96% below the market average0.96% below the market average0.96% below the market average
6.90% above the sector average6.90% above the sector average6.90% above the sector average6.90% above the sector average6.90% above the sector average
Growth
60.76% below the market average60.76% below the market average60.76% below the market average60.76% below the market average60.76% below the market average
67.03% below the sector average67.03% below the sector average67.03% below the sector average67.03% below the sector average67.03% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 2
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 10
buy
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Hays Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 27-Feb-25 17-Oct-24
Paid 09-Apr-25 25-Nov-24
Amount 0.95p 2.05p

Trades for 20-Jun-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:45 438,879 @ 65.85p
16:36 147,546 @ 65.85p
16:35 9,805,568 @ 65.85p
16:35 2,716 @ 65.85p
16:35 221,378 @ 65.85p

Hays Key Personnel

CEO Dirk Hahn

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