Citigroup Lowers Hays (LON:HAS) Price Target to GBX 75

Posted by Defense World Staff on Apr 25th, 2026

Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report) had its price objective cut by investment analysts at Citigroup from GBX 90 to GBX 75 in a research report issued on Thursday,Digital Look reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Citigroup’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 133.11% from the stock’s previous close.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on shares of Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 90 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued an “underperform” rating and set a GBX 28 price target on shares of Hays in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Hays presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 71.60.

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Hays Price Performance

HAS stock opened at GBX 32.17 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 65.55, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.27. Hays has a 52-week low of GBX 28.68 and a 52-week high of GBX 77.50. The company has a market capitalization of £514.41 million, a P/E ratio of -48.75, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 36.11 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 47.79.

Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 0.46 EPS for the quarter. Hays had a negative net margin of 0.16% and a negative return on equity of 2.24%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Hays will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Hays

In related news, insider Michael Findlay purchased 25,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 2nd. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 39 per share, with a total value of £9,945. Also, insider Helen Cunningham acquired 6,237 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 32 per share, for a total transaction of £1,995.84. In the last ninety days, insiders have bought 36,737 shares of company stock valued at $1,389,084. 0.76% of the stock is owned by insiders.