Hays’ (HAS) Underperform Rating Reiterated at Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group reiterated their underperform rating on shares of Hays (LON:HAS) in a research note issued to investors on Thursday,Digital Look reports. Jefferies Financial Group currently has a GBX 45 price objective on the stock.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on HAS. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 95 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. Citigroup upped their target price on Hays from GBX 33 to GBX 65 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 23rd. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 33 price target on shares of Hays in a research report on Friday, July 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on Hays from GBX 60 to GBX 85 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 24th. 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 64.60.

Hays Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of HAS stock opened at GBX 59.70 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 60.68. Hays has a 1 year low of GBX 28.68 and a 1 year high of GBX 78.45. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 64.46 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 47.36. The firm has a market capitalization of £939.16 million, a P/E ratio of -16.40, a PEG ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.77.

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

Insider Transactions at Hays

In other Hays news, insider James Hilton sold 63,122 shares of Hays stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 67, for a total transaction of £42,291.74. 0.76% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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