Hays (HAS)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE 250

79.55p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.80p
  • 52 Week High: 110.60p
  • 52 Week Low: 75.50p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,591.79m
  • Volume: 533,062
  • Market Cap: £1,266.27m
  • RiskGrade: 145
  • Beta: 1.26

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.

1 Day Chart (24-12-2024)

1 Day Chart

6 Month Chart

6 Month Chart
Barclays logo

Digital Look Charts Sponsored by Barclays Stockbrokers

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.0% 0.0%
Div Cover n/a 1.0
Op Mrgn 0.4% 1.4%
ROCE 2.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 25.5
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 2.3  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -8.4% -12.6%
PBT -92.3% 458.4%
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 6,070.67 82.09 3.12p 25.5 n/a n/a 3.03p 0.0%
30-Jun-26 6,416.93 128.87 5.17p 15.4 0.2 +66% 3.01p 0.0%
30-Jun-27 7,021.28 167.60 6.85p 11.6 0.4 +32% 3.32p 0.0%

Copyright © 2024 FactSet Research Systems Inc. All rights reserved.

Hays Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 17-Dec-2024 13:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-Dec-2024 09:17 RNS
DB pension scheme de-risked with full buy-in 09-Dec-2024 14:37 RNS

Hays ShareCast News

Jefferies lowers target prices on UK staffers fo... 17-Dec-2024 ShareCast
London close: Stocks mixed after ECB rate cut 12-Dec-2024 ShareCast
London close: Stocks finish higher on UK GDP gro... 11-Oct-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
16-Dec-24 Buy Dividends Joe Hurd 78.60p 407 £319.91
27-Nov-24 Buy James Hilton 77.34p 226 £174.78
27-Nov-24 Buy James Hilton 77.34p 638 £493.42

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

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 79.55p
Change Today 0.80p
% Change 1.02 %
52 Week High 110.60p
52 Week Low 75.50p
Volume 533,062
Shares Issued 1,591.79m
Market Cap £1,266.27m
Beta 1.26
RiskGrade 145

Hays Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
56.82% below the market average56.82% below the market average56.82% below the market average56.82% below the market average56.82% below the market average
47.25% below the sector average47.25% below the sector average47.25% below the sector average47.25% below the sector average47.25% below the sector average
Price Trend
56.52% below the market average56.52% below the market average56.52% below the market average56.52% below the market average56.52% below the market average
54% below the sector average54% below the sector average54% below the sector average54% below the sector average54% below the sector average
Income
16.53% above the market average16.53% above the market average16.53% above the market average16.53% above the market average16.53% above the market average
30.00% above the sector average30.00% above the sector average30.00% above the sector average30.00% above the sector average30.00% above the sector average
Growth
75.04% below the market average75.04% below the market average75.04% below the market average75.04% below the market average75.04% below the market average
83.16% below the sector average83.16% below the sector average83.16% below the sector average83.16% below the sector average83.16% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 2
Neutral 3
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

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 24-Dec-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
12:40 100,000 @ 78.85p
12:35 251,998 @ 79.55p
12:35 4 @ 79.55p
12:35 247 @ 79.55p
12:35 919 @ 79.55p

Hays Key Personnel

CEO Dirk Hahn

Top of Page