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Hays (HAS) Competitors

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GBX 70.25 -1.45 (-2.02%)
As of 12:25 PM Eastern

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.

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

Hays has a consensus price target of GBX 120, indicating a potential upside of 70.82%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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£6.91B0.16-£4.87M-£0.31-225.36

In the previous week, Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat 1863642 (DTC.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Hays is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

91.2% of Hays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hays shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Hays received 746 more outperform votes than 1863642 (DTC.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.47% of users gave Hays an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave 1863642 (DTC.L) an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
1863642 (DTC.L)Outperform Votes
132
56.90%
Underperform Votes
100
43.10%
HaysOutperform Votes
878
70.47%
Underperform Votes
368
29.53%

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 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HAS vs. The Competition

MetricHaysStaffing & Employment Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.11B£269.46M£7.63B£2.62B
Dividend Yield4.01%5.93%4.58%5.05%
P/E Ratio-225.3615.0623.14129.34
Price / Sales0.1613.9790.54221,585.85
Price / Cash6.5514.6326.9428.03
Price / Book2.001.553.973.79
Net Income-£4.87M£10.32M£807.24M£5.88B
7 Day Performance-4.75%5.18%0.77%0.62%
1 Month Performance3.31%8.09%11.15%22.12%
1 Year Performance-33.41%-13.63%19.74%120.96%

Hays Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAS
Hays
3.3664 of 5 stars
GBX 70.25
-2.0%
GBX 120
+70.8%
-30.8%£1.11B£6.91B-225.366,490
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
3.3943 of 5 stars
GBX 288.89
+2.6%
GBX 495
+71.3%
-43.0%£905.25M£1.87B17.887,859Positive News
IPEL
Impellam Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£389.29M£2.04B2,500.001,783
STEM
SThree
3.6416 of 5 stars
GBX 246
+0.6%
GBX 345
+40.2%
-46.6%£321.12M£1.47B6.512,280
RWA
Robert Walters
N/AGBX 225
-3.0%
N/A-46.2%£160.54M£1.07B25.963,980
STAF
Staffline Group
N/AGBX 27.12
+1.2%
N/A+37.2%£35.18M£896.86M-1.862,300News Coverage
GATC
Gattaca
N/AGBX 80
+3.2%
N/A-11.2%£24.02M£370.86M129.19446
EMR
Empresaria Group
N/AGBX 33.40
-4.6%
N/A-34.2%£15.70M£235.95M-2.653,150Gap Down
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 92.25
+2.5%
N/A+0.1%£11.94M£90.27M6.50361News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (LON:HAS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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