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Hays (LON:HAS) Trading Down 12% - Here's Why

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Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report)'s share price dropped 12% on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 55.70 ($0.75) and last traded at GBX 61.82 ($0.83). Approximately 10,272,881 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 72% from the average daily volume of 5,966,650 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 70.22 ($0.94).

Hays Price Performance

The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 71.24 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 74.82. The stock has a market cap of £998.27 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -203.07, a price-to-earnings-growth 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.

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