Hays (HAS)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE 250

77.40p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.35p
  • 52 Week High: 110.60
  • 52 Week Low: 76.80
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,587.13m
  • Volume: 2,190,651
  • Market Cap: £1,228.44m
  • 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 1.1
Op Mrgn 0.4% 1.4%
ROCE 2.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 24.0
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 2.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -8.4% -11.6%
PBT -92.3% 489.8%
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 6,140.54 86.71 3.30p 23.5 n/a n/a 3.03p 0.0%
30-Jun-26 6,517.01 136.13 5.45p 14.2 0.2 +65% 3.01p 0.0%
30-Jun-27 7,310.92 179.81 7.33p 10.6 0.3 +34% 3.38p 0.0%

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Hays Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 25-Oct-2024 14:10 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 23-Oct-2024 13:49 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 16-Oct-2024 14:01 RNS

Hays ShareCast News

London close: Stocks finish higher on UK GDP gro... 11-Oct-2024 ShareCast
Hays predicts H1 profit decline as tough conditi... 11-Oct-2024 ShareCast
London close: Stocks higher as investors digest ... 23-Aug-2024 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
25-Oct-24 Transfer From James Hilton 0.000p 59,526 £0.00
09-Oct-24 Sell James Hilton 87.95p 53,038 £46,646.92
09-Oct-24 Sell Dirk Hahn 87.95p 54,133 £47,609.97

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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 77.40p
Change Today -0.35p
% Change -0.45 %
52 Week High 110.60
52 Week Low 76.80
Volume 2,190,651
Shares Issued 1,587.13m
Market Cap £1,228.44m
RiskGrade 145

Hays Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
53.4% below the market average53.4% below the market average53.4% below the market average53.4% below the market average53.4% below the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average
Price Trend
54.82% below the market average54.82% below the market average54.82% below the market average54.82% below the market average54.82% below the market average
65.66% below the sector average65.66% below the sector average65.66% below the sector average65.66% below the sector average65.66% below the sector average
Income
16.73% above the market average16.73% above the market average16.73% above the market average16.73% above the market average16.73% above the market average
35.59% above the sector average35.59% above the sector average35.59% above the sector average35.59% above the sector average35.59% above the sector average
Growth
76.4% below the market average76.4% below the market average76.4% below the market average76.4% below the market average76.4% below the market average
82.61% below the sector average82.61% below the sector average82.61% below the sector average82.61% below the sector average82.61% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 1
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
buy
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Hays Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 17-Oct-24 29-Feb-24
Paid 25-Nov-24 09-Apr-24
Amount 2.05p 0.95p

Trades for 31-Oct-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 16,412 @ 77.40p
16:35 518 @ 77.40p
16:35 1,415,012 @ 77.40p
16:35 1 @ 77.40p
16:35 10,577 @ 77.40p

Hays Key Personnel

CEO Dirk Hahn

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