Shares of Hays plc (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) traded up 6.5% on Friday . The company traded as high as GBX 81 ($1.05) and last traded at GBX 80.70 ($1.05). 15,060,045 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 112% from the average session volume of 7,109,925 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 75.75 ($0.98).
Hays Stock Performance
The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 75.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 80.33. The stock has a market cap of £1.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -282.78, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.32.
Hays (LON:HAS - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported GBX 0.19 ($0.00) EPS for the quarter. Hays had a negative return on equity of 0.84% and a negative net margin of 0.07%. Analysts expect 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 on Monday, February 24th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 70 ($0.91) per share, with a total value of £1,999.90 ($2,597.61). 0.54% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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