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

Posted by Casey Walker on Oct 14th, 2026

Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report)‘s stock had its “underperform” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a report released on Monday, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 45 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s target price points to a potential downside of 21.12% from the stock’s previous close.

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

Read Our Latest Research Report on HAS

Hays Stock Performance

Shares of LON:HAS traded down GBX 0.10 during trading hours on Monday, hitting GBX 57.05. The stock had a trading volume of 325,146,719 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,636,253. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 66.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 47.92. Hays has a 1-year low of GBX 28.68 and a 1-year high of GBX 78.45. The firm has a market capitalization of £897.47 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -15.67, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 60.68, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.18.

Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 20th. The company reported GBX (3.64) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Hays had a negative return on equity of 13.31% and a negative net margin of 0.91%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Hays will post 4.10 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Hays

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