Hays (LON:HAS) Earns Underperform Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

Hays (LON:HAS)‘s stock had its “underperform” rating restated by Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 45 target price on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price objective would suggest a potential downside of 21.26% from the company’s current price.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on HAS. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 85 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 95 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Citigroup boosted their target price on Hays from GBX 33 to GBX 65 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 23rd. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 33 target price on shares of Hays in a report on Friday, July 3rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 64.60.

Hays Trading Up 2.2%

Shares of HAS opened at GBX 57.15 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 60.68. The firm has a market capitalization of £899.04 million, a P/E ratio of -15.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.77. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 66.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 47.92. Hays has a twelve month low of GBX 28.68 and a twelve month high of GBX 78.45.

Hays (LON:HAS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 20th. The company reported GBX (3.64) earnings per share for the quarter. Hays had a negative net margin of 0.91% and a negative return on equity of 13.31%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Hays will post 4.10 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider James Hilton sold 63,122 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 67, for a total value of £42,291.74. 0.76% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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