Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 897M 1.19B 1.06B 987M 1.69B 113B 1.72B 11.85B 4.64B 58.77B 4.46B 4.37B 188B P/E 2027 *
-51.9x
P/E 2028 * 18.7x
Enterprise Value 1.02B 1.35B 1.2B 1.12B 1.92B 128B 1.95B 13.45B 5.26B 66.7B 5.07B 4.96B 213B EV / Sales 2027 *
0.17x
EV / Sales 2028 * 0.16x
Free-Float
97.73%
Yield 2027 *
1.15%
Yield 2028 * 2.03%
1 day-0.90%
1 week-6.86%
Current month-8.77%
1 month-11.57%
3 months+20.21%
6 months+79.53%
Current year+2.49%
1 week 53.9
Extreme 53.9
65.79
1 month 53.9
Extreme 53.9
67.49
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
172.25
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. Importance
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.($)
+1.48%-6.86%-0.52%-40.11% 1.18B
+0.44%+8.12%+129.86%+301.40% 160B
+2.00%+5.87%+0.85%+14.99% 111B
+2.26%+6.24%-12.97%-6.53% 38.58B
-0.21%+7.77%-25.64%+4.34% 7.31B
-2.58%+0.61%-7.81%-31.29% 6.95B
-1.54%+4.31%+66.16%+202.78% 4.58B
-0.66%-8.92%-13.42%-42.39% 4.38B
+1.09%+2.94%+9.59%+19.74% 3.99B
+2.09%-0.73%+4.23%+49.06% 3.87B
Average +0.16%+1.65%+15.03%+47.20% 34.23B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.05%+6.09%+59.83%+147.63%

Financials

2027 *2028 *
Net sales 5.94B 7.87B 7.03B 6.53B 11.18B 746B 11.38B 78.46B 30.7B 389B 29.55B 28.92B 1,245B 6.2B 8.22B 7.34B 6.82B 11.67B 778B 11.88B 81.9B 32.04B 406B 30.84B 30.19B 1,300B
Net income -23.36M -30.95M -27.63M -25.68M -43.94M -2.93B -44.73M -308M -121M -1.53B -116M -114M -4.89B 48.9M 64.8M 57.84M 53.76M 91.99M 6.14B 93.65M 646M 253M 3.2B 243M 238M 10.25B
Net Debt 121M 161M 143M 133M 228M 15.21B 232M 1.6B 626M 7.93B 603M 590M 25.39B 101M 134M 120M 111M 191M 12.73B 194M 1.34B 524M 6.64B 504M 494M 21.25B
Projected Income Statement - Annual - Hays plc
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
15/10/26 GBX 57.70 +1.48% 4,347,141
14/10/26 GBX 57.15 +2.24% 3,416,191
13/10/26 GBX 55.90 -0.18% 7,273,693
12/10/26 GBX 56.00 -12.84% 6,616,393
09/10/26 GBX 64.25 +3.71% 2,781,643
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
MarketScreener Ratings - Hays plc
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
9
Last Close Price
0.5715GBP
Average target price
0.7400GBP
Spread / Average Target
+29.48%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise

Rate of surprise - EPS - Annual - Hays plc