Ratings Hays plc

Equities

HAS

GB0004161021

Market Closed - London S.E. 11:35:02 2024-04-25 am EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
91.25 GBX +0.83% Intraday chart for Hays plc -0.38% -16.44%

Strengths

  • The stock, which is currently worth 2024 to 0.19 times its sales, is clearly overvalued in comparison with peers.
  • Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
  • The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
  • Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
  • The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

  • According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.
  • 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.
  • Low profitability weakens the company.
  • 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 last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
  • 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.
  • Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

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Sector: Employment Services

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
-16.44% 1.78B
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+3.47% 3.27B
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-8.54% 1.74B
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+2.07% 624M
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Business Predictability

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