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Hays (LON:HAS) Shares Down 9.9% - Time to Sell?

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Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded down 9.9% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 55.70 ($0.75) and last traded at GBX 63.30 ($0.85). 10,309,714 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 73% from the average session volume of 5,966,965 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 70.22 ($0.94).

Hays Trading Up 4.0%

The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 71.07 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 74.62. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -211.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 1.31.

Insider Transactions at Hays

In other Hays news, insider Michael Findlay purchased 34,382 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 19th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 58 ($0.78) per share, for a total transaction of £19,941.56 ($26,817.59). Corporate insiders own 0.54% of the company's stock.

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