Hays plc (LON:HAS) Insider Buys £1,987.20 in Stock

Hays plc (LON:HAS) 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%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a GBX 125 ($1.63) price objective on shares of Hays in a report on Friday, August 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 115 ($1.50) price target on shares of Hays in a research note on Tuesday, September 3rd.

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.