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Hays (HAS) Competitors

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GBX 62.05 +0.20 (+0.32%)
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HAS vs. DTC, ABTU, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, NBB, RWA, STAF, GATC, 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), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Robert Walters (RWA), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), and RTC Group (RTC).

Hays vs. Its Competitors

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

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

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hays£6.91B0.14-£4.87M-£0.31-199.06
1863642 (DTC.L)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Hays currently has a consensus target price of GBX 107.50, suggesting a potential upside of 73.25%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

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

Summary

Hays beats 1863642 (DTC.L) on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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£978.56M£515.43M£7.62B£3.07B
Dividend Yield4.01%5.93%4.57%5.02%
P/E Ratio-199.0642.7625.35171.45
Price / Sales0.14108.9498.58304,817.73
Price / Cash6.5514.6326.7827.97
Price / Book1.779.284.374.56
Net Income-£4.87M£10.32M£795.91M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-3.80%1.99%-0.37%0.32%
1 Month Performance-7.59%2.99%1.99%11.54%
1 Year Performance-30.75%132.17%33.91%75.85%

Hays Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAS
Hays
3.033 of 5 stars
GBX 62.05
+0.3%
GBX 107.50
+73.2%
-32.3%£978.56M£6.91B-199.066,490Gap 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
2.9077 of 5 stars
GBX 267
-1.0%
GBX 450
+68.5%
-36.5%£836.65M£1.87B16.527,859
IPEL
Impellam Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£389.29M£2.04B2,500.001,783
STEM
SThree
4.2023 of 5 stars
GBX 215
-2.5%
GBX 350
+62.8%
-47.2%£280.65M£1.47B5.692,280Earnings Report
NBB
Norman Broadbent
N/AGBX 195
flat
N/A+2,520.7%£121.14M£10.98M507.2152
RWA
Robert Walters
4.0603 of 5 stars
GBX 164.90
-3.0%
GBX 350
+112.2%
-63.4%£117.66M£1.07B19.033,980Earnings Report
STAF
Staffline Group
N/AGBX 41.85
+0.6%
N/A+4.6%£54.29M£896.86M-2.872,300Earnings Report
GATC
Gattaca
N/AGBX 88
-2.2%
N/A-2.7%£26.42M£370.86M142.11446
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 104.25
+1.7%
N/A-9.1%£13.49M£90.27M7.35361Positive News
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This page (LON:HAS) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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