Hays (LON:HAS) Insider Acquires £145,650 in Stock

Hays plc (LON:HAS) insider Mark Dearnley bought 485,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 30 per share, with a total value of £145,650.

Hays Stock Up 1.0%

LON HAS opened at GBX 30.10 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of £481.29 million, a PE ratio of -45.60, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.79. Hays plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 28.68 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 74.10. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 33.33 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 45.29. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 65.55.

Hays (LON:HAS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 0.46 earnings per share for the quarter. Hays had a negative return on equity of 2.24% and a negative net margin of 0.16%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reissued an “underperform” rating and set a GBX 28 price target on shares of Hays in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Citigroup dropped their target price on Hays from GBX 90 to GBX 75 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Hays has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 71.60.

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