Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 938M 1.26B 1.13B 1.04B 1.75B 119B 1.79B 12.35B 4.96B 62.78B 4.72B 4.62B 198B P/E 2027 *
-54.2x
P/E 2028 * 19.6x
Enterprise Value 1.06B 1.42B 1.27B 1.17B 1.98B 135B 2.02B 13.94B 5.6B 70.88B 5.33B 5.21B 224B EV / Sales 2027 *
0.18x
EV / Sales 2028 * 0.17x
Free-Float
97.73%
Yield 2027 *
1.1%
Yield 2028 * 1.94%
1 day+1.70%
1 week+0.17%
Current month-5.53%
1 month-5.53%
3 months-0.91%
6 months+78.89%
Current year+6.13%
1 week 58.2
Extreme 58.2
61.45
1 month 53.9
Extreme 53.9
65.79
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.($)
+1.70%+0.17%+1.70%-37.11% 1.23B
+1.64%+0.73%+152.27%+345.99% 167B
+2.71%-3.39%+12.35%+35.99% 113B
+2.51%-5.02%-4.36%+1.40% 38.93B
+1.76%-0.65%+20.47%-15.48% 7.88B
+1.60%+0.49%-25.96%+8.89% 7.27B
+0.93%-0.25%+90.11%+233.89% 5B
+0.79%+0.17%+4.73%-31.59% 4.79B
+2.17%-4.67%+64.65%-40.95% 4.31B
+0.83%-2.23%+17.07%+70.83% 4.14B
Average +1.66%-0.40%+33.30%+57.19% 35.33B
Weighted average by Cap. +2.06%-3.71%+77.53%+177.74%

Financials

2027 *2028 *
Net sales 5.94B 7.96B 7.13B 6.56B 11.11B 756B 11.31B 78.2B 31.39B 398B 29.87B 29.24B 1,254B 6.2B 8.31B 7.44B 6.84B 11.59B 789B 11.81B 81.62B 32.77B 415B 31.18B 30.52B 1,309B
Net income -23.36M -31.29M -28.02M -25.78M -43.66M -2.97B -44.47M -307M -123M -1.56B -117M -115M -4.93B 48.9M 65.51M 58.67M 53.97M 91.4M 6.22B 93.11M 644M 258M 3.27B 246M 241M 10.32B
Net Debt 121M 162M 145M 134M 226M 15.41B 231M 1.59B 640M 8.11B 609M 596M 25.57B 101M 136M 122M 112M 190M 12.9B 193M 1.33B 536M 6.78B 510M 499M 21.39B
Projected Income Statement - Annual - Hays plc
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
26-10-30 GBX 59.75 +1.70% 2,099,191
26-10-29 GBX 58.75 -1.51% 2,082,481
26-10-28 GBX 59.65 -2.05% 7,873,359
26-10-27 GBX 60.90 +1.75% 1,646,880
26-10-26 GBX 59.85 +0.34% 2,185,556
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
MarketScreener Ratings - Hays plc
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
9
Last Close Price
0.5975GBP
Average target price
0.7400GBP
Spread / Average Target
+23.85%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise

Rate of surprise - EPS - Annual - Hays plc