Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 528M 696M 612M 564M 988M 65.86B 1.01B 6.78B 2.62B 32.44B 2.61B 2.56B 113B P/E 2026 *
133x
P/E 2027 * 20.6x
Enterprise Value 652M 860M 756M 697M 1.22B 81.32B 1.24B 8.37B 3.24B 40.06B 3.23B 3.16B 139B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.11x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.11x
Free-Float
99.36%
Yield 2026 *
1.34%
Yield 2027 * 2.37%
1 day+2.29%
1 week-6.14%
Current month+0.06%
1 month+5.63%
3 months+4.10%
6 months-39.08%
Current year-41.35%
1 week 29.62
Extreme 29.62
36.2
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.($)
+2.29%-6.14%-50.38%-67.79% 680M
-0.08%-1.53%-5.33%+41.99% 3.55B
+2.93%-8.65%-56.13%-72.89% 431M
Average +1.71%-6.98%-37.28%-32.90% 1.55B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.54%-3.35%-16.60%+15.34%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6B 7.91B 6.96B 6.41B 11.23B 748B 11.46B 77B 29.77B 369B 29.69B 29.07B 1,280B 5.93B 7.82B 6.88B 6.34B 11.11B 740B 11.33B 76.14B 29.44B 365B 29.36B 28.75B 1,266B
Net income 2.98M 3.94M 3.46M 3.19M 5.59M 372M 5.7M 38.3M 14.81M 183M 14.77M 14.46M 637M 22.28M 29.38M 25.84M 23.81M 41.71M 2.78B 42.55M 286M 111M 1.37B 110M 108M 4.75B
Net Debt 124M 164M 144M 132M 232M 15.46B 237M 1.59B 615M 7.62B 614M 601M 26.46B 115M 151M 133M 122M 215M 14.3B 219M 1.47B 569M 7.04B 567M 555M 24.46B
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
26-06-25 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
26-06-19 GBX 32.82 -6.28% 20,318,620
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
0.3302GBP
Average target price
0.4136GBP
Spread / Average Target
+25.27%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise