Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 841M 1.13B 991M 916M 1.59B 109B 1.62B 10.93B 4.29B 53.33B 4.26B 4.16B 184B P/E 2026 *
-55x
P/E 2027 * 32x
Enterprise Value 971M 1.31B 1.14B 1.06B 1.84B 126B 1.87B 12.62B 4.96B 61.58B 4.91B 4.81B 213B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.16x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.16x
Free-Float
99.51%
Yield 2026 *
0.76%
Yield 2027 * 1.4%
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%-.--% - - 1.03B
+4.99%+10.59%+9.44%+49.23% 3.82B
+5.46%+39.15%-41.37%-62.70% 636M
Average +6.44%+20.83%-15.97%-6.73% 2.23B
Weighted average by Cap. +5.77%+12.89%+2.19%+33.27%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.01B 8.1B 7.08B 6.54B 11.37B 780B 11.56B 78.05B 30.66B 381B 30.4B 29.74B 1,315B 5.93B 7.99B 6.99B 6.46B 11.22B 770B 11.42B 77.07B 30.28B 376B 30.02B 29.36B 1,299B
Net income -22.21M -29.94M -26.17M -24.2M -42.03M -2.88B -42.76M -289M -113M -1.41B -112M -110M -4.86B 22.96M 30.96M 27.06M 25.03M 43.46M 2.98B 44.22M 298M 117M 1.46B 116M 114M 5.03B
Net Debt 130M 175M 153M 142M 246M 16.89B 250M 1.69B 664M 8.25B 658M 644M 28.48B 110M 149M 130M 120M 209M 14.33B 212M 1.43B 563M 7B 558M 546M 24.16B
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
0.5300GBP
Average target price
0.4418GBP
Spread / Average Target
-16.64%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise