Ratings Hays plc

Equities

HAS

GB0004161021

Market Closed - London S.E. 09:05:27 03/05/2024 pm IST 5-day change 1st Jan Change
92.2 GBX +1.60% Intraday chart for Hays plc +0.11% -15.57%

Strengths

  • The company is one of the most undervalued, with an "enterprise value to sales" ratio at 0.2 for the 2024 fiscal year.
  • Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
  • The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
  • The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

  • As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
  • The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
  • As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
  • The company has insufficient levels of profitability.
  • For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
  • For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
  • For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
  • Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
  • The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Chart ESG Refinitiv

Sector: Employment Services

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
-15.57% 1.83B
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-8.99% 1.75B
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+1.02% 603M
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Consensus

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Business Predictability

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