Hays (HAS)

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93.70p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.40p
  • 52 Week High: 101.20
  • 52 Week Low: 66.40
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,398.83m
  • Volume: 2,703,838
  • Market Cap: £1,310.70m
  • RiskGrade: 127
  • Beta: 1.42

Hays Overview

Hays has undergone a massive transformation from its previous incarnation as a multi business group. The company, which first came to the market in 1958 and again in 1989 after it was taken private in the 1970s, now concentrates on specialist recruitment.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.7% 2.6%
Div Cover 2.2 1.9
Op Mrgn 3.5% 3.2%
ROCE 84.1%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 17.1 19.1
PEG 3.2 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.4
Pr/Book 6.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 12.2% -3.1%
PBT 10.6% -6.4%
EPS 5.4% -10.6%
DPS -56.9% 0.7%

Hays Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-08 2,540.00 264.40 12.59p 7.2 0.3 +24% 5.80p 6.4%
30-Jun-09 2,447.70 151.00 7.72p 11.1 n/a -39% 5.80p 6.8%
30-Jun-10 2,691.10 29.70 3.25p 28.2 n/a -58% 5.80p 6.3%
30-Jun-11 3,256.00 110.70 5.19p 19.8 0.3 +60% 5.80p 5.6%
30-Jun-12 3,654.60 122.40 5.47p 13.5 2.7 +5% 2.50p 3.4%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Hays Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-13 3,542.09 114.53 4.89p 19.2 n/a -11% 2.52p 2.6%
30-Jun-14 3,715.30 129.90 5.68p 16.5 1.0 +16% 2.70p 2.8%

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Hays Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 22-May-2013 11:23 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 15-May-2013 11:11 RNS
Change in Director's Particulars 08-May-2013 12:39 RNS

Hays ShareCast News

Bodycote CEO reduces stake by 200,000 shares 22-May-2013 ShareCast
Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE 17-Apr-2013 ShareCast
Monday broker round-up UPDATE 15-Apr-2013 ShareCast

Hays Top Newspaper Links

GLOBAL GAINS FOR HAYS 07-Oct-2011 Express & Star
Recruitment giant Hayes sees a mixed picture 07-Oct-2011 The Scotsman
Hays surges on foreign growth despite UK slide 02-Sep-2011 The Scotsman

Latest Hays Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
22-May-13 Buy Alan M Thomson 95.00p 50,000 £47,500.00
06-Mar-13 Sell Alistair R Cox 99.72p 106,734 £106,435.15

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Hays Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 93.70p
Change Today 0.40p
% Change 0.43 %
52 Week High 101.20
52 Week Low 66.40
Volume 2,703,838
Shares Issued 1,398.83m
Market Cap £1,310.70m
Beta 1.42
RiskGrade 127

Hays Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
89.55% below the market average89.55% below the market average89.55% below the market average89.55% below the market average89.55% below the market average
88.39% below the sector average88.39% below the sector average88.39% below the sector average88.39% below the sector average88.39% below the sector average
Price Trend
24.25% above the market average24.25% above the market average24.25% above the market average24.25% above the market average24.25% above the market average
8.98% above the sector average8.98% above the sector average8.98% above the sector average8.98% above the sector average8.98% above the sector average
Income
13.23% below the market average13.23% below the market average13.23% below the market average13.23% below the market average13.23% below the market average
26.42% below the sector average26.42% below the sector average26.42% below the sector average26.42% below the sector average26.42% below the sector average
Growth
61.79% above the market average61.79% above the market average61.79% above the market average61.79% above the market average61.79% above the market average
64.63% above the sector average64.63% above the sector average64.63% above the sector average64.63% above the sector average64.63% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 11
Buy 0
Neutral 10
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 22
buy
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Hays Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 06-Mar-13 10-Oct-12
Paid 15-Apr-13 16-Nov-12
Amount 0.83p 1.67p

Trades for 24-May-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
16:44 2,067 @ 93.70p
16:37 26,192 @ 93.49p
16:35 720,027 @ 93.70p
16:29 3,379 @ 93.60p
16:29 639 @ 93.50p

Hays Key Personnel

Finance Director Paul Venables
CEO Alistair R Cox
Chair Alan M Thomson

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