Key Points
- Insider purchase: Hays insider Helen Cunningham bought 6,237 shares on March 24 at GBX 32 each, a transaction totalling about £1,995.84.
- Hays shares trade around GBX 32.40—near the 52‑week low of GBX 30.64 and well below the 50‑day (GBX 42.41) and 200‑day (GBX 51.43) moving averages; market cap is ~£518m and the company currently shows a negative P/E.
- Analysts have a “Moderate Buy” consensus with an average target of GBX 81.20 (three Buy, two Hold); Deutsche Bank trimmed its target from GBX 100 to GBX 90 but maintained a Buy rating.
Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) insider Helen Cunningham acquired 6,237 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 32 per share, with a total value of £1,995.84.
Hays Price Performance
Hays stock opened at GBX 32.40 on Thursday. Hays plc has a 52 week low of GBX 30.64 and a 52 week high of GBX 84.40. The company's 50 day moving average price is GBX 42.41 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 51.43. The stock has a market cap of £518.03 million, a P/E ratio of -66.12, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 65.55.
Hays (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Hays had a negative return on equity of 2.24% and a negative net margin of 0.16%. On average, equities analysts predict that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price objective on Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 90 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Hays currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 81.20.
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