Hays (LON:HAS) Trading Up 6.5% – Time to Buy?

Hays plc (LON:HAS)’s share price was up 6.5% on Friday . The company traded as high as GBX 81 ($1.05) and last traded at GBX 80.70 ($1.04). Approximately 15,060,045 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 112% from the average daily volume of 7,109,925 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 75.75 ($0.98).

Hays Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £1.33 billion, a PE ratio of -270.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 74.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 80.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.32.

Hays (LON:HAS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported GBX 0.19 ($0.00) EPS for the quarter. Hays had a negative net margin of 0.07% and a negative return on equity of 0.84%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hays

In other Hays news, insider Joe Hurd acquired 2,857 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 70 ($0.91) per share, for a total transaction of £1,999.90 ($2,586.86). 0.54% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hays Company Profile