Shares of Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 80.32 ($1.04) and traded as high as GBX 86 ($1.11). Hays shares last traded at GBX 83.90 ($1.08), with a volume of 7,547,359 shares trading hands.
Hays Stock Performance
The firm has a market capitalization of £1.30 billion, a P/E ratio of -264.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81. The business's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 76.29 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 80.08.
Hays (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported GBX 0.19 ($0.00) earnings per share for the quarter. Hays had a negative return on equity of 0.84% and a negative net margin of 0.07%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity at Hays
In other news, insider Joe Hurd acquired 2,857 shares of Hays stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 70 ($0.90) per share, with a total value of £1,999.90 ($2,584.18). 0.54% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
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