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Hays (LON:HAS) Shares Down 9.9% - Here's What Happened

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Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded down 9.9% during trading on Friday . The company traded as low as GBX 55.70 ($0.75) and last traded at GBX 63.30 ($0.86). 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 ($0.95).

Hays Trading Down 4.4%

The stock's fifty day moving average price is GBX 71.07 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 74.59. 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 stock has a market cap of £992.75 million, a PE ratio of -201.94, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Michael Findlay bought 34,382 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 19th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 58 ($0.79) per share, for a total transaction of £19,941.56 ($26,999.13). Corporate insiders own 0.54% of the company's stock.

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