Hays (HAS)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE 250

104.10p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.70p
  • 52 Week High: 130.70
  • 52 Week Low: 92.60
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,584.38m
  • Volume: 2,617,157
  • Market Cap: £1,649.34m
  • RiskGrade: 145
  • Beta: 1.06

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 2.9% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.9 1.8
Op Mrgn 2.6% 2.3%
ROCE 31.2%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 12.1 14.8
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 2.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 15.1% -6.0%
PBT -6.0% -14.3%
EPS -6.8% -17.9%
DPS 5.3% 31.5%

Hays Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-19 6,070.50 231.20 11.92p 13.2 3.3 +4% 3.97p 2.5%
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% 3.00p 2.9%

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-24 7,131.43 164.64 7.06p 14.8 n/a -18% 3.94p 0.0%
30-Jun-25 7,568.58 209.30 8.99p 11.6 0.4 +27% 5.09p 0.0%
30-Jun-26 8,150.43 254.81 11.11p 9.4 0.4 +24% 4.91p 0.0%

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Hays Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 24-Nov-2023 10:23 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 16-Nov-2023 17:51 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-Nov-2023 11:30 RNS

Hays ShareCast News

Broker tips: Loungers, Hays 13-Oct-2023 ShareCast
Liberum cuts target price for Hays after Q1 miss 13-Oct-2023 ShareCast
Hays Q1 fee income falls against record comparator 12-Oct-2023 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
23-Nov-23 Buy Dividends James Hilton 105.85p 329 £348.25
23-Nov-23 Buy Dividends James Hilton 105.85p 929 £983.36
20-Sep-23 Transfer To James Hilton 0.000p 78,263 £0.00

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Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Hays Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 104.10p
Change Today -1.70p
% Change -1.61 %
52 Week High 130.70
52 Week Low 92.60
Volume 2,617,157
Shares Issued 1,584.38m
Market Cap £1,649.34m
Beta 1.06
RiskGrade 145

Hays Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
22.05% above the market average22.05% above the market average22.05% above the market average22.05% above the market average22.05% above the market average
18.68% above the sector average18.68% above the sector average18.68% above the sector average18.68% above the sector average18.68% above the sector average
Price Trend
11.66% below the market average11.66% below the market average11.66% below the market average11.66% below the market average11.66% below the market average
24.75% below the sector average24.75% below the sector average24.75% below the sector average24.75% below the sector average24.75% below the sector average
Income
40.93% above the market average40.93% above the market average40.93% above the market average40.93% above the market average40.93% above the market average
12.90% above the sector average12.90% above the sector average12.90% above the sector average12.90% above the sector average12.90% above the sector average
Growth
13.84% above the market average13.84% above the market average13.84% above the market average13.84% above the market average13.84% above the market average
2.00% above the sector average2.00% above the sector average2.00% above the sector average2.00% above the sector average2.00% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 2
Neutral 3
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 11
buy
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Hays Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Special
Ex-Div 05-Oct-23 05-Oct-23
Paid 17-Nov-23 17-Nov-23
Amount 2.05p 2.24p

Trades for 30-Nov-2023

Time Volume / Share Price
16:45 5,018 @ 104.10p
16:37 2,180 @ 104.10p
16:35 2,258,335 @ 104.10p
16:35 3,434 @ 104.10p
16:35 290 @ 104.10p

Hays Key Personnel

CEO Dirk Hahn

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