Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 901M 1.2B 1.05B 980M 1.69B 116B 1.72B 11.72B 4.57B 56.65B 4.5B 4.4B 197B P/E 2026 *
-35.2x
P/E 2027 * 34.6x
Enterprise Value 1.04B 1.39B 1.22B 1.13B 1.95B 134B 1.99B 13.53B 5.28B 65.42B 5.2B 5.09B 227B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.17x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.17x
Free-Float
99.51%
Yield 2026 *
0.71%
Yield 2027 * 1.32%
1 day+2.26%
1 week+10.00%
Current month+86.98%
1 month+80.83%
3 months+80.27%
6 months+25.11%
Current year+3.55%
1 week 52.45
Extreme 52.45
61.06
1 month 30.36
Extreme 30.36
61.06
Current year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
61.06
1 year 28.68
Extreme 28.68
68
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.
08/06/26 Buy

Director

5,672 0.0004%
03/06/26 Sell

Head of Human Resources

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

Head of Human Resources

128,792 0.0081%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+1.57%+10.00%-9.40%-44.69% 1.21B
-0.77%-1.73%+4.69%+44.49% 3.97B
+5.13%+13.79%-32.79%-58.43% 720M
Average +2.29%+12.56%-12.50%-19.54% 1.97B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.60%+8.40%-2.76%+13.70%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6B 7.99B 7.03B 6.53B 11.26B 774B 11.46B 78.04B 30.44B 377B 29.99B 29.34B 1,309B 5.85B 7.78B 6.84B 6.36B 10.96B 753B 11.16B 76.01B 29.65B 367B 29.21B 28.58B 1,275B
Net income -35.56M -47.32M -41.62M -38.66M -66.69M -4.58B -67.88M -462M -180M -2.24B -178M -174M -7.75B 22.96M 30.56M 26.88M 24.97M 43.07M 2.96B 43.84M 299M 116M 1.44B 115M 112M 5.01B
Net Debt 140M 186M 163M 152M 262M 18B 267M 1.82B 708M 8.78B 698M 683M 30.46B 113M 150M 132M 123M 212M 14.54B 215M 1.47B 572M 7.09B 564M 551M 24.6B
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
23/07/26 GBX 58.30 +1.57% 5,509,729
22/07/26 GBX 57.40 +6.69% 5,563,519
21/07/26 GBX 53.80 -1.56% 4,547,356
20/07/26 GBX 54.65 +0.28% 5,949,793
17/07/26 GBX 54.50 +2.83% 9,001,257
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
0.5740GBP
Average target price
0.4664GBP
Spread / Average Target
-18.75%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise