Hays (LON:HAS) Insider Joe Hurd Acquires 1,923 Shares

Hays plc (LON:HAS) insider Joe Hurd purchased 1,923 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 64 per share, for a total transaction of £1,230.72.

Hays Stock Performance

LON:HAS opened at GBX 64.10 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 65.63 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 70.88. Hays plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 55.70 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 96.60. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.01 billion, a PE ratio of -205.63, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.32.

Hays (LON:HAS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 21st. The company reported GBX 1.31 earnings per share for the quarter. Hays had a negative return on equity of 0.84% and a negative net margin of 0.07%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

HAS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 95 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 70 price objective on shares of Hays in a research report on Friday, August 15th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 93.33.

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