Hays’ (HAS) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group reissued their buy rating on shares of Hays (LON:HAS) in a report issued on Tuesday, Marketbeat.com reports. Jefferies Financial Group currently has a GBX 115 ($1.51) price target on the stock.

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

Hays Price Performance

HAS stock opened at GBX 88.75 ($1.17) on Tuesday. Hays has a 1 year low of GBX 87 ($1.14) and a 1 year high of GBX 111.90 ($1.47). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 1.31. The stock has a market cap of £1.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,905.00, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 93.12 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 96.

Hays Increases Dividend

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

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.