Hays (HAS)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE 250

42.90p
   
  • Change Today:
      7.04p
  • 52 Week High: 67.25
  • 52 Week Low: 29.36
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,570.25m
  • Volume: 11,026,591
  • Market Cap: £673.64m
  • RiskGrade: 145

Hays Overview

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: Australia & New Zealand, Germany, United Kingdom & Ireland, and Rest of World. The Company’s consultants work in a range of sectors, covering 21 professional and skilled recruitment specialisms. Its specialisms include technology, accountancy and finance, banking and capital markets, construction and property, engineering and manufacturing, life science, office support, sales and marketing, and other. The Company’s Find & Engage recruitment marketing model combines the practices and skills of traditional hiring, and then incorporates new technology and data science to locate candidates at scale.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.1 2.4
Op Mrgn 0.2% 0.7%
ROCE 2.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 25.1 32.6
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.1 0.1
Pr/Book 1.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -4.9% -9.1%
PBT -89.8% 2643.4%
EPS -67.5% -18.2%
DPS -58.7% -64.1%

Hays Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-21 5,648.40 88.10 3.67p 43.2 n/a -30% 1.22p 0.8%
30-Jun-22 6,588.90 204.30 9.22p 12.1 0.1 +151% 2.85p 2.6%
30-Jun-23 7,583.30 192.10 8.59p 11.9 n/a -7% n/a 0.0%
30-Jun-24 6,949.10 14.70 4.03p 23.4 n/a -53% 3.00p 3.2%
30-Jun-25 6,607.00 1.50 1.31p 54.5 n/a -68% 1.24p 1.7%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Hays Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-26 6,003.45 41.15 1.07p 40.0 n/a -18% 0.44p 0.0%
30-Jun-27 5,968.38 57.90 1.84p 23.4 0.3 +71% 0.83p 0.0%

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Hays Company Announcements

Fourth Quarter Trading Statement 10-Jul-2026 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 01-Jul-2026 15:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights 01-Jul-2026 11:00 RNS

Hays ShareCast News

Hays sees earnings at top end of estimates, shar... 10-Jul-2026 ShareCast
Hays completes sale of six non-core assets, 'exp... 17-Jun-2026 ShareCast
Morgan Stanley reiterates 'underweight' on PageG... 09-Jun-2026 ShareCast

Hays Top Newspaper Links

Hays cuts European operations to focus on core m... 17-Jun-2026 Times
Hays sees rise in UK recruitment 10-Oct-2014 The Herald
Move to bigger offices for Hays 08-Sep-2014 The Herald

Latest Hays Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Hays Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 42.90p
Change Today 7.04p
% Change 19.63 %
52 Week High 67.25
52 Week Low 29.36
Volume 11,026,591
Shares Issued 1,570.25m
Market Cap £673.64m
RiskGrade 145

Hays Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
66.93% below the market average66.93% below the market average66.93% below the market average66.93% below the market average66.93% below the market average
45.88% below the sector average45.88% below the sector average45.88% below the sector average45.88% below the sector average45.88% below the sector average
Price Trend
61.95% below the market average61.95% below the market average61.95% below the market average61.95% below the market average61.95% below the market average
59.14% below the sector average59.14% below the sector average59.14% below the sector average59.14% below the sector average59.14% below the sector average
Income
15.36% below the market average15.36% below the market average15.36% below the market average15.36% below the market average15.36% below the market average
3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average3.70% above the sector average
Growth
56.89% below the market average56.89% below the market average56.89% below the market average56.89% below the market average56.89% below the market average
59.09% below the sector average59.09% below the sector average59.09% below the sector average59.09% below the sector average59.09% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 2
Neutral 5
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 9
neutral
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Hays Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 12-Mar-26 16-Oct-25
Paid 23-Apr-26 26-Nov-25
Amount 0.15p 0.29p

Trades for 10-Jul-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 4,170,860 @ 42.90p
16:35 4,007 @ 42.90p
16:35 1,644 @ 42.90p
16:35 2,942 @ 42.90p
16:35 28,697 @ 42.90p

Hays Key Personnel

CEO Mark Dearnley

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