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Hays (HAS) Competitors

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GBX 71.50 -1.55 (-2.12%)
As of 11:46 AM Eastern

HAS vs. DTC, ABTU, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, RWA, STAF, GATC, RTC, and EMR

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), RTC Group (RTC), and Empresaria Group (EMR).

Hays vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hays£6.91B0.16-£4.87M-£0.31-229.37
1863642 (DTC.L)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

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
Hays-0.07% -0.84% 2.27%
1863642 (DTC.L) N/A N/A N/A

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

In the previous week, Hays' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled 1863642 (DTC.L)'saverage media sentiment score.

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

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hays presently has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 67.83%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hays is more favorable than 1863642 (DTC.L).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hays
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
1863642 (DTC.L)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Hays beats 1863642 (DTC.L) on 9 of the 11 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£1.13B£267.53M£7.28B£2.59B
Dividend Yield4.01%5.93%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio-229.3715.5421.17133.69
Price / Sales0.1612.9784.42239,757.83
Price / Cash6.5514.6326.9028.12
Price / Book2.031.423.794.55
Net Income-£4.87M£10.32M£808.20M£5.84B
7 Day Performance-0.21%-1.46%4.49%3.43%
1 Month Performance-8.98%-6.44%2.87%10.60%
1 Year Performance-21.21%-15.96%15.56%117.07%

Hays Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAS
Hays
3.0179 of 5 stars
GBX 71.50
-2.1%
GBX 120
+67.8%
-19.9%£1.13B£6.91B-229.376,490Gap Up
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
2.9064 of 5 stars
GBX 250.60
-1.3%
GBX 495
+97.5%
-38.9%£785.26M£1.87B15.517,859
IPEL
Impellam Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£389.29M£2.04B2,500.001,783
STEM
SThree
3.7126 of 5 stars
GBX 234.95
-0.9%
GBX 345
+46.8%
-43.3%£306.69M£1.47B6.222,280Positive News
Gap Down
RWA
Robert Walters
N/AGBX 249.50
+5.7%
N/A-43.2%£178.02M£1.07B28.793,980Gap Up
STAF
Staffline Group
N/AGBX 25.90
+0.4%
N/A-19.2%£33.60M£896.86M-1.782,300
GATC
Gattaca
N/AGBX 77.55
+0.1%
N/A-15.9%£23.28M£370.86M125.23446
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 94.95
+2.6%
N/A+1.8%£12.29M£90.27M6.69361
EMR
Empresaria Group
N/AGBX 24
-4.0%
N/A-36.8%£11.28M£235.95M-1.913,150Gap Down

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This page (LON:HAS) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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