Hays (LON:HAS) Given Underperform Rating at Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group restated their underperform rating on shares of Hays (LON:HAS) in a report published on Monday morning,Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 45 price objective on the stock.

HAS has been the subject of several other reports. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on shares of Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 85 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 95 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 33 price target on shares of Hays in a research report on Friday, July 3rd. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price target on Hays from GBX 33 to GBX 65 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 64.60.

Hays Price Performance

Shares of LON:HAS opened at GBX 56 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 66.63 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 47.59. The firm has a market capitalization of £880.95 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -15.38, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.77. Hays has a one year low of GBX 28.68 and a one year high of GBX 78.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 60.68, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 1.31.

Hays (LON:HAS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 20th. The company reported GBX (3.64) earnings per share for the quarter. Hays had a negative net margin of 0.91% and a negative return on equity of 13.31%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Hays will post 4.10 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hays

In other news, insider James Hilton sold 63,122 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 67, for a total transaction of £42,291.74. Corporate insiders own 0.76% of the company’s stock.

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