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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 was down 9.9% on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 55.70 ($0.75) and last traded at GBX 63.30 ($0.85). Approximately 10,309,714 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 73% from the average daily volume of 5,966,965 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 70.22 ($0.94).

Hays Stock Performance

The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 71.07 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 74.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 1.31. The company 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.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Michael Findlay acquired 34,382 shares of Hays stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 19th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 58 ($0.78) per share, with a total value of £19,941.56 ($26,770.79). Insiders own 0.54% of the company's stock.

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