Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) insider Dirk Hahn sold 55,133 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 58, for a total value of £31,977.14.
Dirk Hahn also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Thursday, August 28th, Dirk Hahn bought 364,000 shares of Hays stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 62 per share, for a total transaction of £225,680.
- On Friday, August 22nd, Dirk Hahn purchased 100,000 shares of Hays stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 64 per share, with a total value of £64,000.
- On Friday, August 22nd, Dirk Hahn acquired 30,000 shares of Hays stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 64 per share, with a total value of £19,200.
Hays Price Performance
HAS stock traded down GBX 1.30 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting GBX 53.40. The company had a trading volume of 9,080,986 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,819,340. The company has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 62.16 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 68.88. Hays plc has a 12-month low of GBX 53.40 and a 12-month high of GBX 96.35. The company has a market capitalization of £850.09 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10,897.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81.
Hays (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 21st. The company reported GBX 1.31 earnings per share (EPS) 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 anticipate that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several research analysts recently commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price target on Hays from GBX 85 to GBX 61 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of Hays from GBX 110 to GBX 90 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 28th. UBS Group reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and issued a GBX 70 price target on shares of Hays in a report on Friday, August 15th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 95 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 79.
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