Hays (HAYPF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hays plc is a specialist recruitment and workforce solutions company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The company helps organizations find permanent, temporary and contract employees, while also supporting professionals with job searches, career advice and placement services.

Its recruitment activities cover a broad range of sectors, including technology, accountancy and finance, construction and property, engineering, healthcare, education, life sciences, legal services and office support. Hays also provides workforce solutions and related advisory services designed to help employers manage changing talent and staffing requirements.

Hays serves clients and candidates across the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Germany and other international markets. The company traces its history to 1968 and has developed into a global specialist recruitment business. Dirk Hahn serves as chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.72 to $0.72
• 50-Day Range: $0.72 to $0.76
• 52-Week Range: $0.69 to $0.76
• Volume: N/A
• Average Volume: 6,767 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 11.34
• Dividend Yield: 3.48%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Hays Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hays scored higher than 5% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Hays.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hays is 11.34, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hays is 11.34, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.26.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Hays has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 999.99, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Hays has recently increased by 55.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Hays pays a meaningful dividend of 2.05%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Hays does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hays is 39.43%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Hays has a news sentiment score of -1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Hays this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hays insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

36.76% of the stock of Hays is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Professional Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:HAYPF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.haysplc.com
• Phone: 44 20 3978 2520
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 12,300
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.34
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A