Hays (LON:HAS) Stock Rating Reaffirmed as “Underperform” by Jefferies Financial Group

Hays (LON:HAS)‘s stock had its “underperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued on Monday, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 45 price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target would suggest a potential downside of 20.38% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other equities research analysts also recently commented on the stock. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 33 target price on shares of Hays in a research note on Friday, July 3rd. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Hays from GBX 33 to GBX 65 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 95 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 85 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 64.60.

Hays Price Performance

Hays stock opened at GBX 56.52 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 60.68. The firm has a market capitalization of £889.12 million, a P/E ratio of -15.53, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.77. The business has a 50-day moving average of GBX 66.63 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 47.59. Hays has a 1 year low of GBX 28.68 and a 1 year high of GBX 78.45.

Hays (LON:HAS) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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 analysts anticipate that Hays will post 4.10 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Hays

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

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