Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 1.08B 1.47B 1.27B 1.19B 2.04B 141B 2.07B 13.98B 5.46B 70.38B 5.52B 5.4B 234B P/E 2026 *
-50.2x
P/E 2027 * 41.7x
Enterprise Value 1.22B 1.66B 1.43B 1.35B 2.3B 159B 2.34B 15.78B 6.17B 79.44B 6.23B 6.09B 264B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.2x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.2x
Free-Float
99.53%
Yield 2026 *
0.57%
Yield 2027 * 1.12%
1 day+5.34%
1 week+4.78%
Current month+22.52%
1 month+43.96%
3 months+130.49%
6 months+47.71%
Current year+22.74%
1 week 64.4
Extreme 64.4
70.5
1 month 52.45
Extreme 52.45
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.($)
+5.34%+4.78%+9.68%-33.43% 1.47B
-0.75%+0.14%+16.19%+62.75% 4.28B
+5.33%+5.77%-21.66%-54.19% 863M
Average +3.31%+3.74%+1.40%-8.29% 2.2B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.40%+2.24%+9.81%+26.12%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.06B 8.2B 7.09B 6.66B 11.39B 785B 11.57B 78.03B 30.51B 393B 30.81B 30.14B 1,306B 5.89B 7.97B 6.89B 6.47B 11.06B 762B 11.25B 75.82B 29.65B 382B 29.94B 29.29B 1,269B
Net income -35.56M -48.18M -41.61M -39.1M -66.86M -4.61B -67.96M -458M -179M -2.31B -181M -177M -7.67B 22.96M 31.11M 26.87M 25.25M 43.17M 2.98B 43.89M 296M 116M 1.49B 117M 114M 4.95B
Net Debt 140M 189M 163M 154M 263M 18.09B 267M 1.8B 704M 9.06B 710M 695M 30.11B 113M 153M 132M 124M 212M 14.62B 216M 1.45B 568M 7.32B 574M 561M 24.32B
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
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
11/08/26 GBX 67.80 +1.95% 2,925,452
10/08/26 GBX 66.50 +0.83% 1,533,718
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.6910GBP
Average target price
0.4780GBP
Spread / Average Target
-30.82%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise