Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded down 12.1% on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 55.70 ($0.75) and last traded at GBX 61.73 ($0.83). 115,733,664 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 1,585% from the average session volume of 6,868,024 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 70.22 ($0.94).
Hays Price Performance
The firm has a market cap of £1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -211.25, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. The business's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 71.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 74.74. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81.
Insider Buying and Selling at Hays
In related news, insider Michael Findlay acquired 34,382 shares of Hays stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 19th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 58 ($0.78) per share, with a total value of £19,941.56 ($26,817.59). Insiders own 0.54% of the company's stock.
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