Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 974M 1.29B 1.15B 1.07B 1.83B 124B 1.85B 12.88B 5.03B 63.25B 4.83B 4.72B 203B P/E 2027 *
-56.4x
P/E 2028 * 20.3x
Enterprise Value 1.1B 1.45B 1.3B 1.21B 2.07B 140B 2.08B 14.53B 5.68B 71.38B 5.45B 5.33B 229B EV / Sales 2027 *
0.19x
EV / Sales 2028 * 0.17x
Free-Float
97.73%
Yield 2027 *
1.06%
Yield 2028 * 1.87%
1 day+2.54%
1 week+0.24%
Current month+0.24%
1 month-5.93%
3 months+74.85%
6 months+99.87%
Current year+12.61%
1 week 61.5
Extreme 61.5
67.49
1 month 61.5
Extreme 61.5
69.95
Current year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
78.45
1 year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
78.45
3 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
111.9
5 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
172.25
10 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
213.4
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer - 26/02/2026
Director of Finance/CFO 48 30/09/2022
Corporate Officer/Principal 61 29/02/2024
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 69 11/07/2017
Director/Board Member 60 16/06/2019
Director/Board Member 57 30/11/2021
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap. Importance
03/06/26 Sell

Head of Human Resources

-60,684 0.0038%
03/06/26 Free

Head of Human Resources

128,792 0.0081%
14/05/26 Buy

Director

39 0.0000%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+2.58%+0.24%+11.33%-38.03% 1.29B
+1.18%+2.41%+117.91%+270.29% 150B
+0.63%+2.30%-9.88%+7.15% 105B
+0.52%+3.10%-20.05%-13.50% 36.15B
+1.90%+0.71%-6.60%-29.87% 6.82B
-0.40%+1.69%-37.42%-6.46% 6.73B
+0.76%-1.00%-0.08%-34.65% 4.94B
-1.76%+6.23%+65.01%+209.33% 4.47B
+0.54%-1.02%+5.26%+15.79% 3.93B
-0.75%-1.48%-0.13%+45.24% 3.85B
Average +0.55%+1.02%+12.53%+42.53% 32.24B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.91%+1.74%+49.36%+128.44%

Financials

2027 *2028 *
Net sales 5.94B 7.84B 7.01B 6.54B 11.18B 759B 11.27B 78.56B 30.69B 386B 29.44B 28.8B 1,240B 6.18B 8.16B 7.29B 6.8B 11.64B 789B 11.72B 81.74B 31.93B 401B 30.63B 29.97B 1,290B
Net income -23.27M -30.74M -27.46M -25.62M -43.83M -2.97B -44.16M -308M -120M -1.51B -115M -113M -4.86B 49.11M 64.86M 57.95M 54.07M 92.49M 6.27B 93.18M 650M 254M 3.19B 243M 238M 10.26B
Net Debt 125M 165M 148M 138M 236M 15.98B 237M 1.65B 646M 8.13B 620M 607M 26.13B 104M 138M 123M 115M 196M 13.33B 198M 1.38B 539M 6.78B 517M 506M 21.79B
Projected Income Statement - Annual - Hays plc
Logo Hays plc
Hays PLC is a United Kingdom-based company, which is engaged in providing qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment. The Company operates through four geographic regions: Germany, United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia & New Zealand and the Rest of the World. The Company operates in 16 countries and has 21 areas of specialism and expertise. It specializes in recruitment and workforce solutions, such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Managed Service Provision (MSP). It specializes in skill-short white-collar employment areas including technology, accountancy and finance, engineering, life sciences and construction and property.
Employees
8,125
Date Price Change Volume
08/10/26 GBX 63.40 +2.26% 229,943
07/10/26 GBX 62.00 -1.35% 3,670,386
06/10/26 GBX 62.85 0.00% 4,542,635
05/10/26 GBX 62.85 -2.26% 2,762,094
02/10/26 GBX 64.30 +1.02% 2,140,135
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Ratings Surperformance© - Hays plc
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.6200GBP
Average target price
0.7370GBP
Spread / Average Target
+18.87%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise

Rate of surprise - EPS - Annual - Hays plc