Ratings Hays plc

Equities

HAS

GB0004161021

Market Closed - London S.E. Other stock markets 11:35:22 2024-04-26 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
92.1 ^GBX	+0.93%		+0.71%	-15.66%

Apr. 22	Sector Update: Tech Stocks Rise Late Afternoon	MT
Apr. 22	Grindr Faces UK Lawsuit Over Alleged Data Breach	MT

Strengths

The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.2 times its sales.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
The company has insufficient levels of profitability.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.

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Sector: Employment Services

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
HAYS PLC	-15.66%	1.82B	B-
KORN FERRY	+2.80%	3.18B	B-
PAGEGROUP PLC	-8.05%	1.75B	B-
HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL, INC.	+2.47%	611M	B

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