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Hays (HAS) Competitors

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GBX 68.10 -1.65 (-2.37%)
As of 04/17/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

HAS vs. DTC, ABTU, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, RWA, STAF, GATC, RTC, and EMR

Should you be buying Hays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hays include 1863642 (DTC.L) (DTC), ABTU.L (ABTU), PageGroup (PAGE), Impellam Group (IPEL), SThree (STEM), Robert Walters (RWA), Staffline Group (STAF), Gattaca (GATC), RTC Group (RTC), and Empresaria Group (EMR).

Hays vs.

1863642 (DTC.L) (LON:DTC) and Hays (LON:HAS) are both manufacturing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, 1863642 (DTC.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Hays'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
1863642 (DTC.L) Neutral
Hays Neutral

Hays received 746 more outperform votes than 1863642 (DTC.L) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.47% of users gave Hays an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave 1863642 (DTC.L) an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
1863642 (DTC.L)Outperform Votes
132
56.90%
Underperform Votes
100
43.10%
HaysOutperform Votes
878
70.47%
Underperform Votes
368
29.53%

91.2% of Hays shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Hays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

1863642 (DTC.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Hays' net margin of -0.07%. 1863642 (DTC.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Hays' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
1863642 (DTC.L)N/A N/A N/A
Hays -0.07%-0.84%2.27%

Hays has a consensus price target of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 76.21%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hays is more favorable than 1863642 (DTC.L).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
1863642 (DTC.L)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Hays
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

1863642 (DTC.L) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hays.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
1863642 (DTC.L)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Hays£6.91B0.16-£4.87M-£0.31-218.46

Summary

Hays beats 1863642 (DTC.L) on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HAS vs. The Competition

MetricHaysStaffing & Employment Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.07B£258.36M£6.61B£2.48B
Dividend Yield4.01%5.93%3.60%4.96%
P/E Ratio-218.4616.1620.27129.75
Price / Sales0.1612.5875.31232,042.22
Price / Cash6.5514.6326.9928.07
Price / Book1.941.393.564.43
Net Income-£4.87M£10.32M£800.18M£5.83B
7 Day Performance1.49%0.32%1.80%3.01%
1 Month Performance-22.75%-9.26%-4.00%-1.06%
1 Year Performance-24.65%-13.33%10.56%102.52%

Hays Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HAS
Hays
2.9608 of 5 stars
GBX 68.10
-2.4%
GBX 120
+76.2%
-24.1%£1.07B£6.91B-218.466,490Gap Down
DTC
1863642 (DTC.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ABTU
ABTU.L
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00100Gap Down
PAGE
PageGroup
3.1494 of 5 stars
GBX 256.60
+2.7%
GBX 495
+92.9%
-42.4%£804.06M£1.87B15.887,859High Trading Volume
IPEL
Impellam Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£389.29M£2.04B2,500.001,783
STEM
SThree
4.056 of 5 stars
GBX 236
+2.4%
GBX 345
+46.2%
-44.1%£308.06M£1.47B6.242,280Gap Down
RWA
Robert Walters
N/AGBX 235
+2.2%
N/A-38.4%£167.68M£1.07B27.123,980
STAF
Staffline Group
N/AGBX 30
-2.0%
N/A-12.6%£38.92M£896.86M-2.062,300
GATC
Gattaca
N/AGBX 76.80
+0.4%
N/A-22.5%£23.06M£370.86M124.02446High Trading Volume
RTC
RTC Group
N/AGBX 95.20
+0.2%
N/A+14.4%£12.32M£90.27M6.71361News Coverage
EMR
Empresaria Group
N/AGBX 25.40
+1.6%
N/A-31.0%£11.94M£235.95M-2.023,150

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This page (LON:HAS) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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