Valuation: Hays plc

Market Cap 1.04B 1.41B 1.22B 1.14B 1.97B 134B 2B 13.38B 5.24B 67.22B 5.29B 5.18B 225B P/E 2026 *
-48.3x
P/E 2027 * 40.1x
Enterprise Value 1.18B 1.6B 1.38B 1.3B 2.23B 152B 2.27B 15.17B 5.95B 76.22B 6B 5.87B 255B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.2x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.2x
Free-Float
99.51%
Yield 2026 *
0.59%
Yield 2027 * 1.16%
1 day+0.83%
1 week+17.91%
Current month+17.91%
1 month+85.44%
3 months+92.31%
6 months+39.88%
Current year+18.12%
1 week 57.61
Extreme 57.6107
67.29
1 month 42.44
Extreme 42.44
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.($)
+0.83%+17.91%+3.26%-37.56% 1.4B
-0.51%+1.67%+17.74%+58.71% 4.28B
-0.10%+6.77%-28.89%-56.40% 812M
Average +0.07%+4.66%-2.63%-11.75% 2.16B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.17%+2.92%+8.78%+23.55%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.06B 8.18B 7.08B 6.63B 11.4B 779B 11.59B 77.64B 30.42B 390B 30.69B 30.04B 1,303B 5.89B 7.95B 6.88B 6.44B 11.08B 757B 11.27B 75.44B 29.56B 379B 29.82B 29.2B 1,266B
Net income -35.56M -48.03M -41.59M -38.91M -66.94M -4.58B -68.07M -456M -179M -2.29B -180M -176M -7.65B 22.96M 31.02M 26.86M 25.13M 43.23M 2.96B 43.96M 294M 115M 1.48B 116M 114M 4.94B
Net Debt 140M 189M 163M 153M 263M 17.97B 267M 1.79B 701M 8.99B 708M 693M 30.05B 113M 152M 132M 123M 212M 14.52B 216M 1.45B 567M 7.26B 572M 560M 24.27B
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
10/08/26 GBX 66.50 +0.83% 1,533,718
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
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
BBB
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
0.6650GBP
Average target price
0.4780GBP
Spread / Average Target
-28.12%

Annual profits - Rate of surprise