Hays (LON:HAS) Insider Purchases £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 acquired 33,415 shares of Hays stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was purchased 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 purchased at an average price of GBX 58 per share, with a total value of £19,941.56.

Hays Price Performance

Shares of LON HAS opened at GBX 64.40 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81. Hays plc has a twelve month low of GBX 55.70 and a twelve month high of GBX 96.60. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 65.79 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 70.95. The stock has a market cap of £1.02 billion, a P/E ratio of -206.59, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on HAS shares. UBS Group restated a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 70 price target on shares of Hays in a research note on Friday, August 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a GBX 100 price target on shares of Hays in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. 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.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of GBX 95.

Hays Company Profile

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