Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report)‘s stock had its “underperform” rating reiterated by stock analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued on Thursday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 45 price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group‘s price target would indicate a potential downside of 22.88% from the stock’s previous close.
Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 95 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 33 target price on shares of Hays in a report on Friday, July 3rd. Citigroup lifted their price target on Hays from GBX 33 to GBX 65 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 23rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 85 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 64.60.
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Hays Stock Performance
Hays stock opened at GBX 58.35 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 64.87 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 47.29. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 60.68. The company has a market cap of £917.92 million, a PE ratio of -16.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.77. Hays has a twelve month low of GBX 28.68 and a twelve month high of GBX 78.45.
Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 20th. The company reported GBX (3.64) EPS for the quarter. Hays had a negative net margin of 0.91% and a negative return on equity of 13.31%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Hays will post 4.10 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Transactions at Hays
In other Hays news, insider James Hilton sold 63,122 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 67, for a total transaction of £42,291.74. 0.76% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Hays Company Profile
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