Hays (LON:HAS) Insider Buys £20,049 in Stock

Key Points

• Hays plc insider Michael Findlay purchased 33,415 shares at an average price of GBX 60, totaling £20,049, on August 21.
• The company's shares opened at GBX 64.40, and analysts have a consensus "Moderate Buy" rating with an average price target of GBX 95.
• Hays reported a negative return on equity of 0.84% and earnings per share of GBX 1.31 for the latest quarter ending August 21.

Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) insider Michael Findlay purchased 33,415 shares of Hays stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 60 per share, with a total value of £20,049.

Michael Findlay also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, June 19th, Michael Findlay acquired 34,382 shares of Hays stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 58 per share, with a total value of £19,941.56.

Hays Price Performance

HAS stock traded down GBX 0.45 on Wednesday, hitting GBX 61.80. 1,087,574 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,381,409. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81. The stock has a market cap of £974.62 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -198.25, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. Hays plc has a 1-year low of GBX 55.70 and a 1-year high of GBX 96.60. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 65.29 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 70.66.

Hays (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 21st. The company reported GBX 1.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Hays had a negative net margin of 0.07% and a negative return on equity of 0.84%. On average, analysts forecast that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on HAS shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 95 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 22nd. UBS Group reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 70 price target on shares of Hays in a research report on Friday, August 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 93.33.

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