Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 1.01B 1.34B 1.19B 1.11B 1.9B 128B 1.92B 13.41B 5.19B 65.65B 5.02B 4.91B 211B P/E 2027 *
-58.5x
P/E 2028 * 21x
Enterprise Value 1.13B 1.5B 1.33B 1.24B 2.14B 144B 2.16B 15.07B 5.84B 73.78B 5.64B 5.51B 237B EV / Sales 2027 *
0.19x
EV / Sales 2028 * 0.18x
Free-Float
97.53%
Yield 2027 *
1.02%
Yield 2028 * 1.8%
1 day-2.41%
1 week-1.56%
Current month-0.08%
1 month-6.23%
3 months+78.83%
6 months+99.24%
Current year+12.26%
1 week 61.5
Extreme 61.5
67.49
1 month 61.5
Extreme 61.5
70.05
Current year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
78.45
1 year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
78.45
3 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
111.9
5 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
172.25
10 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
213.4
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer - 2026-02-26
Director of Finance/CFO 48 2022-09-30
Corporate Officer/Principal 61 2024-02-29
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 69 2017-07-11
Director/Board Member 60 2019-06-16
Director/Board Member 57 2021-11-30
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap. Importance
6/3/26 Sell

Head of Human Resources

-60,684 0.0038%
6/3/26 Free

Head of Human Resources

128,792 0.0081%
5/14/26 Buy

Director

39 0.0000%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-2.41%-1.56%+9.25%-38.28% 1.34B
-0.30%+1.16%+108.96%+259.05% 147B
+0.22%-1.44%-11.19%+6.03% 102B
+0.15%-0.08%-20.22%-13.62% 35.22B
+0.03%-3.62%-6.36%-30.17% 6.83B
+2.53%+7.02%-37.63%-0.30% 6.63B
-0.42%-4.65%+1.45%-33.76% 4.97B
-0.97%-4.62%+3.13%+16.31% 3.95B
+0.20%+1.24%+1.21%+50.78% 3.92B
-4.15%-5.55%+0.96%-52.93% 3.63B
Average -0.52%-0.94%+4.96%+16.31% 31.59B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.07%-0.09%+44.13%+120.08%

Financials

2027 *2028 *
Net sales 5.94B 7.86B 6.98B 6.51B 11.2B 755B 11.3B 78.84B 30.55B 386B 29.5B 28.86B 1,239B 6.18B 8.17B 7.26B 6.78B 11.65B 786B 11.76B 82.03B 31.79B 402B 30.69B 30.02B 1,289B
Net income -23.27M -30.79M -27.36M -25.53M -43.89M -2.96B -44.3M -309M -120M -1.51B -116M -113M -4.86B 49.11M 64.97M 57.73M 53.88M 92.62M 6.25B 93.48M 652M 253M 3.19B 244M 239M 10.25B
Net Debt 125M 165M 147M 137M 236M 15.91B 238M 1.66B 644M 8.13B 621M 608M 26.1B 104M 138M 123M 114M 197M 13.27B 199M 1.38B 537M 6.78B 518M 507M 21.76B
Logo Hays plc
Hays PLC is a United Kingdom-based company, which is engaged in providing qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment. The Company operates through four geographic regions: Germany, United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia & New Zealand and the Rest of the World. The Company operates in 16 countries and has 21 areas of specialism and expertise. It specializes in recruitment and workforce solutions, such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Managed Service Provision (MSP). It specializes in skill-short white-collar employment areas including technology, accountancy and finance, engineering, life sciences and construction and property.
Employees
8,125
Date Price Change Volume
26-10-05 GBX 63.20 -1.71% 1,070,986
26-10-02 GBX 64.30 +1.02% 2,140,135
26-10-01 GBX 63.65 +0.63% 13,037,057
26-09-30 GBX 63.25 -0.78% 3,354,057
26-09-29 GBX 63.75 -0.70% 2,433,419
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.6430GBP
Average target price
0.7370GBP
Spread / Average Target
+14.62%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise