Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 1.09B 1.47B 1.27B 1.19B 2.04B 141B 2.07B 13.98B 5.48B 70.55B 5.53B 5.41B 235B P/E 2026 *
-50.3x
P/E 2027 * 41.7x
Enterprise Value 1.23B 1.66B 1.43B 1.35B 2.31B 159B 2.34B 15.78B 6.18B 79.62B 6.24B 6.1B 265B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.2x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.2x
Free-Float
99.53%
Yield 2026 *
0.57%
Yield 2027 * 1.12%
1 day-1.81%
1 week+0.19%
Current month+20.44%
1 month+24.30%
3 months+119.13%
6 months+46.72%
Current year+20.66%
1 week 64.4
Extreme 64.4
70.5
1 month 53.1
Extreme 53.1
70.5
Current year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
70.5
1 year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
70.5
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.
11/21/25 A Free 214,264 0.0134%
11/21/25 A Sell 214,264 0.0134%
11/11/25 A Buy

Director

10,000 0.0006%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-1.81%+0.19%+10.82%-32.27% 1.47B
-1.35%-0.71%+14.61%+61.36% 4.22B
+0.15%+6.34%-20.68%-53.22% 867M
Average -1.00%+3.21%+1.58%-8.05% 2.19B
Weighted average by Cap. -1.26%+1.28%+9.10%+25.22%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.06B 8.21B 7.09B 6.65B 11.39B 785B 11.55B 77.95B 30.54B 393B 30.82B 30.16B 1,308B 5.89B 7.98B 6.89B 6.46B 11.07B 763B 11.22B 75.74B 29.68B 382B 29.95B 29.3B 1,271B
Net income -35.56M -48.2M -41.62M -39.04M -66.86M -4.61B -67.79M -458M -179M -2.31B -181M -177M -7.68B 22.96M 31.13M 26.88M 25.21M 43.18M 2.98B 43.78M 296M 116M 1.49B 117M 114M 4.96B
Net Debt 140M 189M 163M 153M 263M 18.1B 266M 1.8B 704M 9.07B 711M 695M 30.17B 113M 153M 132M 124M 212M 14.62B 215M 1.45B 569M 7.33B 574M 562M 24.37B
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
9,100
Date Price Change Volume
18/08/26 GBX 67.93 -1.84% 1,149,586
17/08/26 GBX 69.20 +0.14% 2,588,916
14/08/26 GBX 69.10 +5.34% 7,221,735
13/08/26 GBX 65.60 +1.08% 2,144,707
12/08/26 GBX 64.90 -4.28% 2,739,952
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.6920GBP
Average target price
0.4780GBP
Spread / Average Target
-30.92%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise