Hays plc (LON:HAS – Get Free Report) insider Joe Hurd bought 2,208 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 9th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 90 ($1.18) per share, with a total value of £1,987.20 ($2,598.67).
Hays Price Performance
LON HAS opened at GBX 89.05 ($1.16) on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.42 billion, a PE ratio of 1,905.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. Hays plc has a 12-month low of GBX 87 ($1.14) and a 12-month high of GBX 111.90 ($1.46). The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 92.88 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 95.87.
Hays Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 17th will be issued a GBX 2.05 ($0.03) dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 17th. This is a boost from Hays’s previous dividend of $0.95. This represents a yield of 2.16%.
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Hays Company Profile
Hays plc engages in the provision of recruitment services in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. The company provides qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment in permanent, temporary, and contractor formats to public and private sectors. It offers its recruitment services in the specialisms, such as accountancy and finance, banking and capital markets, construction and property, contact centers, education, energy, oil and gas, engineering and manufacturing, executive, financial services, health and social care, human resources, legal, life sciences, office support, procurement, resources and mining, retail, sales and marketing, sustainability, technology, and telecoms.
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