Hays (LON:HAS) Insider Buys £9,945 in Stock

Posted by Max Byerly on Mar 8th, 2026

Hays plc (LON:HAS – Get Free Report) insider Michael Findlay acquired 25,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 2nd. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 39 per share, with a total value of £9,945.

Hays Stock Down 1.3%

HAS opened at GBX 38.32 on Friday. Hays plc has a 52 week low of GBX 38.06 and a 52 week high of GBX 89.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 65.55. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 47.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 53.97. The stock has a market cap of £612.69 million, a PE ratio of -78.20, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 0.75.

Hays (LON:HAS – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Friday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 0.46 EPS for the quarter. Hays had a negative net margin of 0.16% and a negative return on equity of 2.24%. As a group, research analysts expect that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price objective on Hays from GBX 100 to GBX 90 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 81.20.

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