LON:HAS Hays (HAS) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 62 +0.40 (+0.65%) As of 10:40 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock About Hays Stock (LON:HAS) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Hays alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 60.78▼ 62.4050-Day Range 61.30▼ 71.3552-Week Range 55.70▼ 96.60Volume3.12 million shsAverage Volume5.39 million shsMarket Capitalization£977.77 millionP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield4.84%Price TargetGBX 92.50Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company Overview We are leaders in white-collar Temporary, Contracting and Permanent recruitment. Our scale and expertise covers some of the most skill-short employment areas, including Technology, Accounting & Finance, Engineering, Life Sciences and Construction. We are predominantly Private sector-focused, but also serve Public sector clients in some markets. Within our portfolio of services, we work on high service, multi-year outsourcing contracts with many of the largest organisations in the world, all the way through to one-off placements for SMEs. In practical terms, this means that in FY24 globally we helped 282,700 people find their next Permanent job or Contract assignment, and worked with over 40,000 clients to grow their own businesses by finding the skilled talent they need. For further information, watch our video and read more at: haysplc.com/investors Read More Hays Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks72nd Percentile Overall ScoreHAS MarketRank™: Hays scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.4 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingHays has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageHays has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Hays' stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.3 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Hays is -198.25, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Hays is -198.25, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Growth RatioHays has a PEG Ratio of 0.24. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioHays has a P/B Ratio of 1.76. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for HAS. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend LeadershipHays is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.01%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthHays does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Read more about Hays' dividend. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for HAS. News and Social Media2.5 / 5News Sentiment0.56 News SentimentHays has a news sentiment score of 0.56. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Hays this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.Search Interest11 people have searched for HAS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 10% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership3.3 / 5Insider TradingAcquiring Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Hays insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £124,421.28 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.54% of the stock of Hays is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions91.21% of the stock of Hays is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about Hays' insider trading history. 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HAS Stock News HeadlinesHays (LON:HAS) Insider Acquires £1,230.72 in StockAugust 23, 2025 | insidertrades.comCitigroup Has Lowered Expectations for Hays (LON:HAS) Stock PriceAugust 29 at 2:39 AM | americanbankingnews.comAltucher: It Looks Like My Trump prediction is coming trueNew Hampshire just launched a Strategic Crypto Reserve — and James Altucher says it’s the first sign that “Trump’s Great Gain” has officially begun. 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Hays plc (LON:HAS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 21st. The company reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter. Hays had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.84% and a negative net margin of 0.07%. Read the conference call transcript. How do I buy shares of Hays? Shares of HAS stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What other stocks do shareholders of Hays own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Hays investors own include Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), Laird (LRD), OPKO Health (OPK), Ford Motor (F), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Mountain Province Diamonds (MPVD) and Exxon Mobil (XOM). Company Calendar Last Earnings8/21/2025Today8/29/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorIndustrials Industry Staffing & Employment Services Sub-IndustryRecreation Current SymbolLON:HAS CIKN/A Webwww.haysplc.com Phone+44-20-73832266FaxN/AEmployees6,490Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Price Target for HaysGBX 92.50 High Price TargetGBX 115 Low Price TargetGBX 70 Potential Upside/Downside+49.2%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.75 Research Coverage4 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)GBX (0.31) Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E Ratio15.13 P/E Growth0.24Net Income-£4.87 million Net Margins-0.07% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity-0.84% Return on Assets2.27% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio43.81 Current Ratio1.32 Quick Ratio1.31 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£6.91 billion Price / Sales0.14 Cash FlowGBX 9.46 per share Price / Cash Flow6.55 Book ValueGBX 35.14 per share Price / Book1.76Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares1,577,051,026Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£977.77 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta1.13 The Next 7 Blockbuster Stocks for Growth InvestorsWondering what the next stocks will be that hit it big, with solid fundamentals? 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