Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday. The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 45.95 and traded as high as GBX 64.18. Hays shares last traded at GBX 63.25, with a volume of 121,371,125 shares changing hands.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
HAS has been the topic of several research reports. Jefferies Financial Group reissued an "underperform" rating and issued a GBX 28 price objective on shares of Hays in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 85 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Citigroup increased their target price on Hays from GBX 33 to GBX 65 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 95 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 33 price target on shares of Hays in a research report on Friday, July 3rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 61.20.
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Hays Stock Performance
The firm has a market capitalization of £993.04 million, a PE ratio of -17.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 60.68, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 1.31. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 66.32 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 45.95.
Hays (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 20th. The company reported GBX (3.64) EPS for the quarter. Hays had a negative return on equity of 13.31% and a negative net margin of 0.91%. On average, research analysts expect that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Transactions at Hays
In other Hays news, insider James Hilton sold 63,122 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 67, for a total value of £42,291.74. 0.81% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
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