Projected Income Statement: Hays plc

Forecast Balance Sheet: Hays plc

Fiscal Period: June 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Net Debt 1 -411 -296 -136 -56.8 -37 134 121 107
Change - 27.98% 54.05% 58.24% 34.86% 462.16% -9.7% -11.57%
Announcement Date 26/08/21 25/08/22 24/08/23 22/08/24 21/08/25 - - -
1GBP in Million
Estimates

Cash Flow Forecast: Hays plc

Fiscal Period: June 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
CAPEX 1 18.8 24.4 29.1 23.4 22.7 30.33 28.67 29.67
Change - 29.79% 19.26% -19.59% -2.99% 33.63% -5.49% 3.49%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 -12.8 147.3 136.6 72.4 87.2 6 33 -
Change - 1,250.78% -7.26% -47% 20.44% -93.12% 450% -100%
Announcement Date 26/08/21 25/08/22 24/08/23 22/08/24 21/08/25 - - -
1GBP in Million
Estimates

Forecast Financial Ratios: Hays plc

Fiscal Period: June 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 2.89% 4.16% 3.48% 2.47% 1.64% 1.75% 2.02% 2.37%
EBIT Margin (%) 1.68% 3.19% 2.6% 1.51% 0.69% 0.77% 0.99% 1.36%
EBT Margin (%) 1.56% 3.1% 2.53% 0.21% 0.02% 0.24% 0.75% 1.1%
Net margin (%) 1.09% 2.34% 1.82% -0.07% -0.12% 0.09% 0.42% 0.65%
FCF margin (%) -0.23% 2.24% 1.8% 1.04% 1.32% 0.1% 0.56% -
FCF / Net Income (%) -20.81% 95.53% 98.77% -1,477.55% -1,117.95% 116.82% 134.11% -

Profitability

        
ROA - - - 3.48% 1.17% 0.33% 1.92% 2.61%
ROE 7.13% 18.49% 18.86% 10.42% 4.08% 3.4% 5.62% 8.63%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - - - - - 1.28x 1.01x 0.73x
Debt / Free cash flow - - - - - 22.29x 3.66x -

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 0.33% 0.37% 0.38% 0.34% 0.34% 0.51% 0.48% 0.48%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 11.53% 8.9% 11.03% 13.65% 20.98% 28.94% 23.9% 20.27%
CAPEX / FCF (%) -146.88% 16.56% 21.3% 32.32% 26.03% 505.56% 86.87% -

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 0.00355 0.1015 0.102 0.0599 0.0687 0.0157 0.0326 0.0393
Change - 2,759.15% 0.49% -41.27% 14.69% -77.13% 107.7% 20.38%
Dividend per Share 1 0.1015 0.1019 0.0524 0.0524 0.03 0.00429 0.00747 0.0127
Change - 0.39% -48.58% 0% -42.75% -85.7% 74.13% 70.55%
Book Value Per Share 1 0.5198 0.4763 0.4163 0.3514 0.2935 0.2981 0.314 0.3371
Change - -8.37% -12.6% -15.59% -16.48% 1.58% 5.32% 7.37%
EPS 1 0.0364 0.0911 0.0852 -0.0031 -0.0049 0.00288 0.0173 0.0285
Change - 150.27% -6.48% -103.64% -58.06% 158.78% 500.69% 64.91%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 1,676,433 1,650,315 1,589,139 1,584,783 1,591,901 1,599,015 1,599,015 1,599,015
Announcement Date 26/08/21 25/08/22 24/08/23 22/08/24 21/08/25 - - -
1GBP
Estimates
2026 *2027 *
P/E 149x 24.8x
PBR 1.44x 1.37x
EV / Sales 0.14x 0.14x
Yield 1% 1.74%

EPS & Dividend

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.4290GBP
Average target price
0.4230GBP
Spread / Average Target
-1.40%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise