Valuation: Hays plc

Capitalization 837M 1.12B 965M 899M 1.56B 101B 1.68B 10.34B 4.06B 48.4B 4.21B 4.12B 177B P/E ratio 2026 *
87.1x
P/E ratio 2027 * 17.9x
Enterprise value 813M 1.09B 936M 873M 1.51B 98.28B 1.63B 10.04B 3.94B 46.99B 4.09B 4B 172B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.13x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.12x
Free-Float
98.49%
Yield 2026 *
0.96%
Yield 2027 * 2.18%
More valuation ratios * Estimated data
Dynamic Chart
1 day-1.05%
1 week-5.47%
Current month-7.90%
1 month-3.62%
3 months-11.37%
6 months-22.09%
Current year-7.90%
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1 week 51.2
Extreme 51.2
55.6
1 month 51.2
Extreme 51.2
57.4
Current year 51.2
Extreme 51.2
56.4
1 year 51.2
Extreme 51.2
89.85
3 years 51.2
Extreme 51.2
130.95
5 years 51.2
Extreme 51.2
181.1
10 years 51.2
Extreme 51.2
213.4
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Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 58 31/08/2023
Director of Finance/CFO 48 30/09/2022
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - 03/08/2025
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 69 11/07/2017
Director/Board Member 60 16/06/2019
Director/Board Member 57 30/11/2021
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Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-1.05%-5.47%-27.43%-55.34% 1.12B
-0.12%+4.15%+1.94%+27.68% 3.6B
+0.07%-.--%+34.73%+105.75% 1.23B
-2.07%-5.28%-26.19%-50.95% 950M
Average -0.79%-0.87%-4.24%+6.79% 1.72B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.51%+0.90%-0.88%+17.24%
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Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.11B 8.2B 7.05B 6.57B 11.39B 740B 12.28B 75.53B 29.69B 354B 30.74B 30.11B 1,296B 6.45B 8.65B 7.43B 6.93B 12.02B 780B 12.95B 79.67B 31.32B 373B 32.43B 31.76B 1,367B
Net income 4.29M 5.76M 4.95M 4.62M 8M 520M 8.62M 53.05M 20.85M 248M 21.59M 21.15M 910M 51.16M 68.59M 58.96M 54.98M 95.31M 6.19B 103M 632M 248M 2.96B 257M 252M 10.84B
Net Debt -24.46M -32.79M -28.19M -26.28M -45.56M -2.96B -49.09M -302M -119M -1.41B -123M -120M -5.18B -43.48M -58.29M -50.11M -46.72M -80.99M -5.26B -87.28M -537M -211M -2.51B -219M -214M -9.21B
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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
9,523
More about the company
Date Price Change Volume
12/01/26 51.90 p -0.86% 745,200
09/01/26 52.35 p +1.45% 2,844,986
08/01/26 51.60 p -5.49% 3,491,818
07/01/26 54.60 p +0.46% 1,854,413
06/01/26 54.35 p -0.91% 1,816,855

Delayed Quote London S.E., January 12, 2026 at 04:23 pm

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Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.5235GBP
Average target price
0.7020GBP
Spread / Average Target
+34.10%
Consensus

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