Valuation : Hays plc

Market Cap 1.21B 1.64B 1.41B 1.32B 2.27B 156B 2.28B 15.68B 6.12B 78.93B 6.14B 6.01B 262B P/E 2026
-8.57x
P/E 2027 * -69.9x
Enterprise Value 1.35B 1.83B 1.57B 1.47B 2.54B 174B 2.54B 17.5B 6.83B 88.06B 6.85B 6.7B 292B EV / Sales 2026
0.1x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.22x
Free-Float
97.73%
Yield 2026
1.41%
Yield 2027 * 0.83%
1 day+5.13%
1 week+6.51%
Current month+36.26%
1 month+19.15%
3 months+131.34%
6 months+89.47%
Current year+36.50%
1 week 70.8
Extreme 70.8
78.45
1 month 56.3
Extreme 56.3
78.45
Current year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
78.45
1 year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
78.45
3 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
111.9
5 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
177.2
10 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
213.4
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer - 27/02/2026
Director of Finance/CFO 48 01/10/2022
Corporate Officer/Principal 61 01/03/2024
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 69 12/07/2017
Director/Board Member 60 17/06/2019
Director/Board Member 57 01/12/2021
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap.
6/3/26 A Sell

Head of Human Resources

-60,684 0.0038%
6/3/26 A Free

Head of Human Resources

128,792 0.0081%
5/14/26 A Buy

Director

39 0.0000%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+5.13%+6.51%+24.76%-27.02% 1.64B
+1.93%+1.43%+15.24%+65.95% 4.39B
+2.21%-0.89%-7.50%-47.29% 933M
Average +3.09%+2.35%+10.83%-2.79% 2.32B
Weighted average by Cap. +2.72%+2.31%+14.43%+28.90%

Financials

2026 2027 *
Net sales 6.06B 8.21B 7.08B 6.63B 11.41B 785B 11.45B 78.71B 30.71B 396B 30.83B 30.16B 1,314B 6.1B 8.27B 7.12B 6.68B 11.49B 790B 11.52B 79.24B 30.92B 399B 31.04B 30.36B 1,323B
Net income -35.56M -48.22M -41.55M -38.95M -66.99M -4.61B -67.2M -462M -180M -2.33B -181M -177M -7.71B -23.27M -31.55M -27.19M -25.49M -43.84M -3.02B -43.98M -302M -118M -1.52B -118M -116M -5.05B
Net Debt 140M 189M 163M 153M 263M 18.1B 264M 1.82B 708M 9.14B 711M 695M 30.29B 128M 173M 149M 140M 241M 16.54B 241M 1.66B 647M 8.35B 650M 636M 27.69B
Logo Hays plc
Hays PLC is a United Kingdom-based company, which is engaged in providing qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment. The Company operates through four geographic regions: Germany, United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia & New Zealand and the Rest of the World. The Company operates in 16 countries and has 21 areas of specialism and expertise. It specializes in recruitment and workforce solutions, such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Managed Service Provision (MSP). It specializes in skill-short white-collar employment areas including technology, accountancy and finance, engineering, life sciences and construction and property.
Employees
8,125
Date Price Change Volume
28/08/26 GBX 76.85 +5.13% 16,852,126
27/08/26 GBX 73.10 -2.40% 7,433,813
26/08/26 GBX 74.90 -1.71% 6,355,636
25/08/26 GBX 76.20 +5.10% 4,859,059
24/08/26 GBX 72.50 +0.49% 4,974,017
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.7685GBP
Average target price
0.6530GBP
Spread / Average Target
-15.03%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise