Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 1.04B 1.4B 1.21B 1.13B 1.95B 133B 1.98B 13.24B 5.19B 66.63B 5.24B 5.13B 220B P/E 2026 *
-47.9x
P/E 2027 * 39.8x
Enterprise Value 1.18B 1.58B 1.37B 1.28B 2.21B 151B 2.24B 15.03B 5.89B 75.62B 5.95B 5.82B 250B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.19x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.2x
Free-Float
99.51%
Yield 2026 *
0.59%
Yield 2027 * 1.17%
1 day+5.77%
1 week+9.37%
Current month+16.93%
1 month+86.62%
3 months+93.52%
6 months+38.49%
Current year+17.14%
1 week 56.3
Extreme 56.3
67.29
1 month 34.68
Extreme 34.68
67.3
Current year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
67.3
1 year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
67.3
3 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
111.9
5 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
177.2
10 years 28.68
Extreme 28.68
213.4
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer - 27/02/2026
Director of Finance/CFO 48 01/10/2022
Corporate Officer/Principal 61 01/03/2024
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 69 12/07/2017
Director/Board Member 60 17/06/2019
Director/Board Member 57 01/12/2021
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap.
21/11/25 Free 214,264 0.0134%
21/11/25 Sell 214,264 0.0134%
11/11/25 Buy

Director

10,000 0.0006%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+5.77%+9.37%+4.10%-38.65% 1.32B
+1.69%+2.39%+19.32%+60.87% 4.2B
+3.79%+3.41%-27.27%-57.04% 780M
Average +3.75%+1.24%-1.28%-11.61% 2.1B
Weighted average by Cap. +2.80%+1.12%+10.37%+25.47%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.06B 8.17B 7.07B 6.6B 11.39B 778B 11.56B 77.44B 30.36B 390B 30.65B 30B 1,289B 5.89B 7.94B 6.87B 6.41B 11.07B 756B 11.23B 75.25B 29.5B 379B 29.78B 29.16B 1,253B
Net income -35.56M -47.96M -41.49M -38.75M -66.86M -4.57B -67.88M -455M -178M -2.29B -180M -176M -7.57B 22.96M 30.97M 26.79M 25.02M 43.18M 2.95B 43.84M 294M 115M 1.48B 116M 114M 4.89B
Net Debt 140M 188M 163M 152M 263M 17.94B 267M 1.79B 700M 8.99B 707M 692M 29.73B 113M 152M 132M 123M 212M 14.49B 215M 1.44B 566M 7.26B 571M 559M 24.02B
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
9,100
Date Price Change Volume
07/08/26 GBX 65.95 +5.77% 6,385,198
06/08/26 GBX 62.35 +3.66% 5,269,309
05/08/26 GBX 60.15 -0.66% 5,222,126
04/08/26 GBX 60.55 +3.86% 6,669,473
03/08/26 GBX 58.30 +3.37% 11,160,956
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.6595GBP
Average target price
0.4780GBP
Spread / Average Target
-27.52%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise