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Hays (HAS) Competitors

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GBX 60.10 +1.20 (+2.04%)
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HAS vs. DTC, ABTU, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, RWA, STAF, GATC, EMR, and RTC

Should you be buying Hays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hays include 1863642 (DTC.L) (DTC), ABTU.L (ABTU), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), Robert Walters (RWA), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), Empresaria Group (EMR), and RTC Group (RTC).

Hays vs. Its Competitors

1863642 (DTC.L) (LON:DTC) and Hays (LON:HAS) are both recreation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

In the previous week, Hays had 1 more articles in the media than 1863642 (DTC.L). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hays and 0 mentions for 1863642 (DTC.L). 1863642 (DTC.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Hays'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
1863642 (DTC.L) Neutral
Hays Neutral

48.3% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Hays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

1863642 (DTC.L) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hays.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
1863642 (DTC.L)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Hays£6.61B0.15-£4.87M-£0.49-122.65

Hays has a consensus target price of GBX 79, suggesting a potential upside of 31.45%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hays is more favorable than 1863642 (DTC.L).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
1863642 (DTC.L)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Hays
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

1863642 (DTC.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.07%. 1863642 (DTC.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Hays' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
1863642 (DTC.L)N/A N/A N/A
Hays -0.07%-0.84%2.27%

Summary

Hays beats 1863642 (DTC.L) on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HAS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HAS vs. The Competition

MetricHaysStaffing & Employment Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£960.49M£472.86M£7.85B£2.59B
Dividend Yield2.14%7.33%4.59%5.38%
P/E Ratio-122.6512.7324.75414.66
Price / Sales0.1514.031,226.4597,398.97
Price / Cash6.5514.6327.8727.90
Price / Book1.7111.784.887.57
Net Income-£4.87M£10.32M£790.14M£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.35%0.26%-0.48%-0.69%
1 Month Performance12.23%5.62%1.24%0.83%
1 Year Performance-26.30%238.02%29.02%118.76%

Hays Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAS
Hays
2.9749 of 5 stars
GBX 60.10
+2.0%
GBX 79
+31.4%
-26.6%£960.49M£6.61B-122.656,490News Coverage
Gap Down
DTC
1863642 (DTC.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ABTU
ABTU.L
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00100Gap Down
PAGE
PageGroup
2.8878 of 5 stars
GBX 243.08
+4.0%
GBX 352.50
+45.0%
-35.1%£761.64M£1.64B6,569.687,859
IPEL
Impellam Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£389.29M£2.04B2,500.001,783
STEM
SThree
4.5686 of 5 stars
GBX 161.70
+0.3%
GBX 280
+73.2%
-56.6%£205.43M£1.38B741.732,280Positive News
RWA
Robert Walters
3.2493 of 5 stars
GBX 137
+5.0%
GBX 280
+104.4%
-58.1%£90.11M£835.60M-611.613,980High Trading Volume
STAF
Staffline Group
N/AGBX 45.70
-1.3%
N/A+78.5%£54.11M£1.03B1,523.332,300
GATC
Gattaca
N/AGBX 88
+1.7%
N/A-8.3%£27.40M£395.36M4,631.58446
EMR
Empresaria Group
N/AGBX 33
-4.3%
N/A+17.2%£16.19M£242.20M-207.553,150Gap Down
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 96.01
+3.8%
N/A-5.8%£12.05M£96.00M704.40361Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:HAS) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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