Hays (LON:HAS) Posts Earnings Results

Hays (LON:HAS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported GBX 1.31 EPS for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Hays had a negative return on equity of 0.84% and a negative net margin of 0.07%.

Hays Price Performance

Shares of LON:HAS opened at GBX 64.10 on Friday. 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 has a twelve month low of GBX 55.70 and a twelve month high of GBX 96.60. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 65.63 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 70.88. The firm has a market capitalization of £1.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -205.63, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Michael Findlay purchased 34,382 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 19th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 58 per share, for a total transaction of £19,941.56. Also, insider Joe Hurd purchased 1,923 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 64 per share, with a total value of £1,230.72. Insiders have bought 69,720 shares of company stock worth $4,122,128 over the last ninety days. 0.54% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on HAS. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 70 target price on shares of Hays in a report on Friday, August 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 95 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Hays has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 93.33.

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