Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 536M 708M 622M 573M 1B 66.75B 1.03B 6.89B 2.67B 32.95B 2.66B 2.6B 115B P/E 2026 *
135x
P/E 2027 * 20.9x
Enterprise Value 660M 871M 765M 706M 1.24B 82.18B 1.26B 8.49B 3.28B 40.57B 3.27B 3.2B 141B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.11x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.11x
Free-Float
99.34%
Yield 2026 *
1.32%
Yield 2027 * 2.34%
1 day+1.57%
1 week-4.23%
Current month+1.64%
1 month+7.29%
3 months+2.44%
6 months-38.12%
Current year-40.43%
1 week 29.62
Extreme 29.62
33.82
1 month 29.62
Extreme 29.62
39.08
Current year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
56.4
1 year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
71.95
3 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
111.9
5 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
177.2
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.
06-07Buy

Director

5,672 0.0004%
06-02Free

Head of Human Resources

128,792 0.0081%
06-02Sell

Head of Human Resources

-60,684 0.0038%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+1.57%-4.23%-50.01%-67.28% 698M
+2.30%+1.02%-1.80%+45.25% 3.54B
-0.55%-8.23%-57.13%-73.04% 446M
Average +1.11%-4.89%-36.31%-31.69% 1.56B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.92%-2.53%-14.23%+17.26%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6B 7.92B 6.95B 6.41B 11.24B 747B 11.48B 77.1B 29.83B 369B 29.71B 29.07B 1,281B 5.93B 7.83B 6.88B 6.34B 11.11B 738B 11.35B 76.25B 29.5B 365B 29.38B 28.75B 1,267B
Net income 2.98M 3.94M 3.46M 3.19M 5.59M 371M 5.71M 38.36M 14.84M 183M 14.78M 14.46M 637M 22.28M 29.4M 25.82M 23.81M 41.73M 2.77B 42.63M 286M 111M 1.37B 110M 108M 4.76B
Net Debt 124M 164M 144M 132M 232M 15.43B 237M 1.59B 616M 7.62B 614M 601M 26.47B 115M 151M 133M 122M 215M 14.27B 219M 1.47B 570M 7.04B 568M 556M 24.47B
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 31 countries and has 21 areas of specialism and expertise. Its specialisms include accountancy and finance jobs, actuary jobs, asset management jobs, business support jobs, customer services jobs, company secretarial jobs, construction jobs, education jobs, engineering jobs, executive appointments jobs, human resources jobs, infrastructure jobs, legal jobs, life sciences jobs, logistics and supply chain jobs, manufacturing jobs, procurement jobs, property and design jobs, property services jobs, sales jobs, social care and social work jobs, sustainability jobs, tax jobs, technology jobs, personal and executive assistant jobs, and others.
Employees
9,100
Date Price Change Volume
26-06-26 GBX 33.54 +1.57% 10,930,672
26-06-25 GBX 33.02 +2.29% 4,978,480
26-06-24 GBX 32.28 +0.12% 5,170,667
26-06-23 GBX 32.24 +7.18% 7,624,610
26-06-22 GBX 30.08 -8.35% 17,231,416
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
0.3354GBP
Average target price
0.4136GBP
Spread / Average Target
+23.33%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise