Hays (LON:HAS) Insider Cheryl Millington Buys 5,000 Shares of Stock

Hays plc (LON:HAS) insider Cheryl Millington bought 5,000 shares of Hays stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 39 per share, with a total value of £1,950.

Hays Stock Down 3.1%

HAS stock opened at GBX 39.08 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of £624.81 million, a PE ratio of -79.75, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 65.55, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.27. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 47.78 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 54.19. Hays plc has a one year low of GBX 38.06 and a one year high of GBX 89.85.

Hays (LON:HAS) last released its 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%. On average, research analysts forecast that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 90 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 81.20.

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