Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 944M 1.27B 1.1B 1.03B 1.78B 121B 1.8B 12.07B 4.74B 60.51B 4.78B 4.67B 200B P/E 2026 *
-43.7x
P/E 2027 * 36.3x
Enterprise Value 1.08B 1.46B 1.26B 1.18B 2.05B 139B 2.07B 13.85B 5.44B 69.45B 5.48B 5.36B 230B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.18x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.18x
Free-Float
99.51%
Yield 2026 *
0.65%
Yield 2027 * 1.29%
1 day-4.81%
1 month-4.81%
3 months-4.81%
6 months-4.81%
Current year-4.81%
1 month 0.72
Extreme 0.7191
0.72
Current year 0.72
Extreme 0.7191
0.72
1 year 0.69
Extreme 0.6938
0.76
3 years 0.69
Extreme 0.6938
0.89
5 years 0.69
Extreme 0.6938
1.38
10 years 0.69
Extreme 0.6938
2.55
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
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-4.81%-.--% - - 1.27B
+0.34%-1.43%+18.48%+59.74% 4.25B
-0.46%-1.49%-6.24%-44.64% 1.27B
-2.61%-3.99%-32.47%-59.81% 784M
Average -1.88%-4.30%-6.74%-14.90% 2.1B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.96%-2.93%+7.15%+23.80%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.06B 8.16B 7.06B 6.58B 11.43B 776B 11.56B 77.38B 30.37B 388B 30.63B 29.96B 1,285B 5.89B 7.93B 6.86B 6.4B 11.11B 754B 11.23B 75.19B 29.51B 377B 29.77B 29.11B 1,249B
Net income -35.56M -47.89M -41.48M -38.66M -67.13M -4.55B -67.88M -454M -178M -2.28B -180M -176M -7.55B 22.96M 30.93M 26.79M 24.97M 43.35M 2.94B 43.84M 293M 115M 1.47B 116M 114M 4.87B
Net Debt 140M 188M 163M 152M 264M 17.88B 267M 1.78B 700M 8.95B 706M 691M 29.63B 113M 152M 132M 123M 213M 14.45B 215M 1.44B 566M 7.23B 571M 558M 23.94B
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
9,100
Date Price Change Volume
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.6015GBP
Average target price
0.4780GBP
Spread / Average Target
-20.53%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise