Hays (LON:HAS) Receives Buy Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group reissued their buy rating on shares of Hays (LON:HAS) in a research note published on Tuesday morning, Marketbeat Ratings reports. They currently have a GBX 115 ($1.51) target price on the stock.

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an outperform rating and issued a GBX 125 ($1.64) price objective on shares of Hays in a report on Friday, August 23rd.

Hays Stock Down 2.8 %

Shares of HAS opened at GBX 88.75 ($1.17) on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81. Hays has a 12 month low of GBX 87 ($1.14) and a 12 month high of GBX 111.90 ($1.47). The firm’s 50 day moving average is GBX 93.12 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 96. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.40 billion, a PE ratio of 1,905.00, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.15.

Hays Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, November 25th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 17th will be paid a GBX 2.05 ($0.03) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.16%. This is a boost from Hays’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 17th.

About Hays

Hays plc engages in the provision of recruitment services in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. The company provides qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment in permanent, temporary, and contractor formats to public and private sectors. It offers its recruitment services in the specialisms, such as accountancy and finance, banking and capital markets, construction and property, contact centers, education, energy, oil and gas, engineering and manufacturing, executive, financial services, health and social care, human resources, legal, life sciences, office support, procurement, resources and mining, retail, sales and marketing, sustainability, technology, and telecoms.