Hays’ (HAS) Underperform Rating Reiterated at Jefferies Financial Group

Posted by Stuart Ham on Apr 19th, 2026

Jefferies Financial Group restated their underperform rating on shares of Hays (LON:HAS – Free Report) in a report released on Thursday morning, Marketbeat reports. The firm currently has a GBX 28 target price on the stock.

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on shares of Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 90 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 74.60.

Read Our Latest Analysis on Hays

Hays Stock Up 3.2%

Shares of LON HAS opened at GBX 33.68 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of £538.50 million, a PE ratio of -51.03, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.82. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 37.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 48.56. Hays has a 52-week low of GBX 28.68 and a 52-week high of GBX 77.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 65.55, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.27.

Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Friday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 0.46 EPS for the quarter. Hays had a negative net margin of 0.16% and a negative return on equity of 2.24%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Hays will post 4.0966184 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Helen Cunningham acquired 6,237 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 32 per share, with a total value of £1,995.84. Also, insider Cheryl Millington acquired 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 3rd. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 39 per share, for a total transaction of £1,950. Over the last ninety days, insiders have bought 36,737 shares of company stock valued at $1,389,084. 0.76% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.