Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report)'s share price dropped 13.6% on Thursday . The stock traded as low as GBX 55.70 ($0.75) and last traded at GBX 60.65 ($0.81). Approximately 114,361,484 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 1,568% from the average daily volume of 6,856,296 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 70.22 ($0.94).
Hays Price Performance
The company has a market cap of £1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -211.25, a PEG 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. The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 71.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 74.62.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other 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 cost of GBX 58 ($0.78) per share, with a total value of £19,941.56 ($26,770.79). Company insiders own 0.54% of the company's stock.
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