Hays (LON:HAS) Shares Up 11.4% – Here’s What Happened

Hays plc (LON:HAS) shares rose 11.4% on Friday . The company traded as high as GBX 85.10 ($1.10) and last traded at GBX 84.37 ($1.09). Approximately 5,629,431 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 19% from the average daily volume of 6,928,567 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 75.75 ($0.98).

Hays Stock Up 11.4 %

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 company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 1.31. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 74.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 80.48.

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

Insider Activity

In other Hays news, insider Joe Hurd bought 2,857 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 24th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 70 ($0.91) per share, for a total transaction of £1,999.90 ($2,586.86). Corporate insiders own 0.54% of the company’s stock.

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