Valuation: Hays plc

Capitalization 538M 726M 619M 569M 995M 67.37B 1.02B 6.67B 2.61B 32.56B 2.72B 2.67B 116B P/E ratio 2026 *
94.1x
P/E ratio 2027 * 21.8x
Enterprise value 668M 901M 768M 706M 1.24B 83.61B 1.26B 8.28B 3.24B 40.41B 3.38B 3.31B 143B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.11x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.11x
Free-Float
98.49%
Yield 2026 *
1.38%
Yield 2027 * 2.61%
1 day+3.25%
1 week+11.30%
Current month+1.08%
1 month+0.36%
3 months-27.41%
6 months-41.78%
Current year-40.18%
1 week 28.68
Extreme 28.68
35.04
1 month 28.68
Extreme 28.68
35.04
Current year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
56.4
1 year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
77.5
3 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
115.9
5 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
181.1
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
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
+3.25%+11.30%-50.54%-70.48% 730M
+0.52%+8.64%+8.30%+30.50% 3.41B
+3.53%+3.84%-44.65%-68.82% 591M
Average +2.43%+7.93%-28.96%-36.27% 1.58B
Weighted average by Cap. +1.32%+8.45%-7.39%+2.53%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6B 8.09B 6.89B 6.33B 11.08B 750B 11.32B 74.32B 29.08B 363B 30.33B 29.7B 1,286B 6.03B 8.13B 6.92B 6.37B 11.14B 754B 11.38B 74.69B 29.23B 364B 30.49B 29.85B 1,292B
Net income 2.03M 2.74M 2.34M 2.15M 3.76M 254M 3.84M 25.21M 9.86M 123M 10.29M 10.07M 436M 21.7M 29.27M 24.93M 22.93M 40.12M 2.72B 40.99M 269M 105M 1.31B 110M 108M 4.66B
Net Debt 130M 175M 149M 137M 240M 16.24B 245M 1.61B 629M 7.85B 657M 643M 27.83B 125M 168M 143M 132M 231M 15.6B 236M 1.55B 605M 7.54B 631M 618M 26.75B
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 Rest of World. The Company operates in 33 countries and 21 areas of specialism and expertise. Its specialisms include accountancy and finance; legal, banking and capital markets; life sciences; construction and property; office support; contact centers; procurement; education; resources and mining; energy, oil and gas; retail; engineering and manufacturing; sales and marketing; executive; sustainability; financial services; technology; health and social care; telecoms, and human resources. The Company’s Find & Engage recruitment marketing model combines the practices and skills of traditional hiring, and then incorporates new technology and data science to locate candidates at scale. It operates in approximately 349 offices in 33 countries globally.
Employees
9,100
Date Price Change Volume
17/04/26 33.68 p +3.25% 6,680,672
16/04/26 32.62 p +1.49% 6,023,718
15/04/26 32.14 p +3.01% 7,280,479
14/04/26 31.20 p +5.26% 8,063,975
13/04/26 29.64 p -2.05% 5,346,305
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
0.3368GBP
Average target price
0.5209GBP
Spread / Average Target
+54.66%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise