Hays plc (LON:HAS) Insider Purchases £1,987.20 in Stock

Hays plc (LON:HAS) insider Joe Hurd bought 2,208 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 9th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 90 ($1.18) per share, with a total value of £1,987.20 ($2,598.67).

Hays Stock Performance

LON HAS opened at GBX 89.05 ($1.16) on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of £1.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 1,905.00, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81. Hays plc has a twelve month low of GBX 87 ($1.14) and a twelve month high of GBX 111.90 ($1.46). The company’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 92.88 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 95.87.

Hays Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 17th will be given a dividend of GBX 2.05 ($0.03) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 17th. This is an increase from Hays’s previous dividend of $0.95.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on HAS shares. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 125 ($1.63) price objective on shares of Hays in a research note on Friday, August 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 115 ($1.50) price objective on shares of Hays in a research report on Tuesday, September 3rd.

Hays Company Profile

Hays plc engages in the provision of recruitment services in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. The company provides qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment in permanent, temporary, and contractor formats to public and private sectors. It offers its recruitment services in the specialisms, such as accountancy and finance, banking and capital markets, construction and property, contact centers, education, energy, oil and gas, engineering and manufacturing, executive, financial services, health and social care, human resources, legal, life sciences, office support, procurement, resources and mining, retail, sales and marketing, sustainability, technology, and telecoms.