Hays (LON:HAS) Insider Michael Findlay Acquires 25,500 Shares

Hays plc (LON:HAS) insider Michael Findlay acquired 25,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 2nd. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 39 per share, with a total value of £9,945.

Hays Stock Performance

HAS opened at GBX 39.08 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 65.55, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 1.31. The company has a market capitalization of £624.81 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -79.75, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.87. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 47.78 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 54.19. Hays plc has a 1 year low of GBX 38.06 and a 1 year high of GBX 89.85.

Hays (LON:HAS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Hays had a negative return on equity of 2.24% and a negative net margin of 0.16%. Equities analysts expect that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on shares of Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 90 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 81.20.

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