Mark Dearnley Buys 485,500 Shares of Hays (LON:HAS) Stock

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

Hays Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of LON HAS opened at GBX 30.10 on Monday. Hays plc has a 12 month low of GBX 28.68 and a 12 month high of GBX 74.10. The company has a market cap of £481.29 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -45.60, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 65.55. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 33.33 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 45.29.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on HAS. Citigroup cut their price target on Hays from GBX 90 to GBX 75 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and set a GBX 28 price target on shares of Hays in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Hays currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 71.60.

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