Hays (HAS)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE 250

71.60p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.050p
  • 52 Week High: 107.80p
  • 52 Week Low: 65.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,591.82m
  • Volume: 2,469,908
  • Market Cap: £1,139.74m
  • 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 0.7
Op Mrgn 0.4% 0.9%
ROCE 4.2%  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 35.3
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 2.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -8.4% -10.8%
PBT -92.3% 272.4%
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 6,195.27 54.74 1.98p 36.1 n/a n/a 2.70p 0.0%
30-Jun-26 6,308.17 82.77 3.09p 23.2 0.4 +56% 2.75p 0.0%
30-Jun-27 6,803.83 129.70 5.13p 14.0 0.2 +66% 2.94p 0.0%

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Hays Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-Apr-2025 16:22 RNS
Third Quarter Trading Statement 16-Apr-2025 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 15-Apr-2025 17:15 RNS

Hays ShareCast News

London close: Stocks finish flat ahead of Easter... 17-Apr-2025 ShareCast
Hays H1 adjusted operating profits fall amid hir... 16-Apr-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks slip as US jobless claims r... 20-Feb-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-Apr-25 Buy Dividends James Hilton 69.93p 119 £83.21
15-Apr-25 Buy Dividends James Hilton 69.93p 335 £234.25
15-Apr-25 Buy Dividends Joe Hurd 69.73p 257 £179.19

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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 71.60p
Change Today -0.050p
% Change -0.07 %
52 Week High 107.80p
52 Week Low 65.00p
Volume 2,469,908
Shares Issued 1,591.82m
Market Cap £1,139.74m
RiskGrade 145

Hays Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
65.65% below the market average65.65% below the market average65.65% below the market average65.65% below the market average65.65% below the market average
55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average55.56% below the sector average
Price Trend
45.67% below the market average45.67% below the market average45.67% below the market average45.67% below the market average45.67% below the market average
27.84% below the sector average27.84% below the sector average27.84% below the sector average27.84% below the sector average27.84% below the sector average
Income
3.55% above the market average3.55% above the market average3.55% above the market average3.55% above the market average3.55% above the market average
8.47% above the sector average8.47% above the sector average8.47% above the sector average8.47% above the sector average8.47% above the sector average
Growth
64.24% below the market average64.24% below the market average64.24% below the market average64.24% below the market average64.24% below the market average
71.74% below the sector average71.74% below the sector average71.74% below the sector average71.74% below the sector average71.74% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 3
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
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 28-Apr-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
17:07 7,336 @ 71.64p
17:07 32,223 @ 71.64p
17:07 13,751 @ 71.64p
16:35 146,690 @ 71.64p
15:38 22 @ 72.10p

Hays Key Personnel

CEO Dirk Hahn

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