Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 865M 1.16B 1.02B 938M 1.63B 112B 1.67B 11.21B 4.41B 54.86B 4.37B 4.27B 189B P/E 2026 *
-56.6x
P/E 2027 * 32.9x
Enterprise Value 995M 1.34B 1.17B 1.08B 1.87B 129B 1.92B 12.9B 5.07B 63.11B 5.02B 4.91B 217B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.17x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.16x
Free-Float
99.51%
Yield 2026 *
0.74%
Yield 2027 * 1.36%
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%-.--% - - 1.16B
-0.33%+7.48%+5.52%+48.80% 4B
+2.25%+27.55%-38.15%-61.51% 684M
Average +3.60%+17.52%-16.32%-6.35% 2.34B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.80%+10.41%-0.86%+32.69%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.01B 8.08B 7.06B 6.52B 11.32B 778B 11.57B 77.88B 30.63B 381B 30.34B 29.68B 1,312B 5.93B 7.98B 6.97B 6.43B 11.18B 768B 11.43B 76.9B 30.25B 376B 29.96B 29.3B 1,295B
Net income -22.21M -29.88M -26.11M -24.09M -41.86M -2.88B -42.79M -288M -113M -1.41B -112M -110M -4.85B 22.96M 30.89M 27M 24.91M 43.28M 2.98B 44.24M 298M 117M 1.46B 116M 113M 5.02B
Net Debt 130M 175M 153M 141M 245M 16.85B 251M 1.69B 663M 8.25B 657M 643M 28.41B 110M 148M 130M 120M 208M 14.29B 213M 1.43B 563M 7B 557M 545M 24.1B
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
0.5450GBP
Average target price
0.4418GBP
Spread / Average Target
-18.93%

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