Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report)‘s stock had its “underperform” rating reiterated by stock analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued on Monday, October 12th, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 45 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s target price points to a potential downside of 21.81% from the company’s previous close.
Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 33 price target on shares of Hays in a report on Friday, July 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 85 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Citigroup increased their price target on Hays from GBX 33 to GBX 65 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 23rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 95 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 64.60.
Hays Stock Performance
Shares of LON HAS traded down GBX 1 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting GBX 57.55. The stock had a trading volume of 1,681,526 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,992,677. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 66.26 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 48.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 60.68, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.18. The firm has a market cap of £905.33 million, a PE ratio of -15.81, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.77. Hays has a twelve month low of GBX 28.68 and a twelve month high of GBX 78.45.
Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data 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%. Research analysts predict that Hays will post 4.10 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity
In related news, insider James Hilton sold 63,122 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 67, for a total transaction of £42,291.74. Company insiders own 0.76% of the company’s stock.
Hays Company Profile
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