Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 756M 1.01B 885M 818M 1.42B 97.26B 1.45B 9.75B 3.83B 47.62B 3.8B 3.72B 164B P/E 2026 *
-49.5x
P/E 2027 * 28.7x
Enterprise Value 886M 1.19B 1.04B 959M 1.67B 114B 1.7B 11.43B 4.49B 55.82B 4.46B 4.36B 192B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.15x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.15x
Free-Float
99.51%
Yield 2026 *
0.9%
Yield 2027 * 1.56%
1 year 0.69
Extreme 0.6938
0.76
3 years 0.69
Extreme 0.6938
1.35
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.($)
+8.88%-.--% - - 1.04B
-2.43%+1.09%-0.70%+39.19% 3.83B
-1.24%+26.48%-44.36%-64.66% 638M
Average +1.87%+18.52%-22.53%-12.74% 2.24B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.11%+9.59%-6.93%+24.37%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.01B 8.05B 7.03B 6.5B 11.31B 773B 11.51B 77.52B 30.41B 378B 30.22B 29.56B 1,303B 5.93B 7.95B 6.94B 6.42B 11.17B 763B 11.37B 76.55B 30.03B 374B 29.84B 29.19B 1,287B
Net income -22.21M -29.75M -26M -24.04M -41.82M -2.86B -42.58M -287M -112M -1.4B -112M -109M -4.82B 22.96M 30.77M 26.89M 24.86M 43.25M 2.96B 44.03M 296M 116M 1.45B 116M 113M 4.98B
Net Debt 130M 174M 152M 141M 245M 16.74B 249M 1.68B 659M 8.2B 654M 640M 28.22B 110M 148M 129M 119M 208M 14.2B 211M 1.42B 559M 6.95B 555M 543M 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
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
0.4878GBP
Average target price
0.4418GBP
Spread / Average Target
-9.43%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise