Hays (HAS) Competitors GBX 71.25 -0.45 (-0.63%) As of 02/21/2025 11:55 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider Trades HAS vs. DTC, ABTU, PAGE, IPEL, STEM, RWA, STAF, GATC, RTC, and EMRShould 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) ABTU.L PageGroup Impellam Group SThree Robert Walters Staffline Group Gattaca RTC Group Empresaria Group Hays (LON:HAS) and 1863642 (DTC.L) (LON:DTC) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment. Is HAS or DTC more profitable? 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 Hays-0.07% -0.84% 2.27% 1863642 (DTC.L) N/A N/A N/A Does the media refer more to HAS or DTC? In the previous week, Hays had 2 more articles in the media than 1863642 (DTC.L). MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hays and 0 mentions for 1863642 (DTC.L). 1863642 (DTC.L)'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Hays' score of -1.09 indicating that 1863642 (DTC.L) is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Hays Negative 1863642 (DTC.L) Neutral Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HAS or DTC? 1863642 (DTC.L) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hays. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHays£6.91B0.16-£4.87M-£0.31-228.571863642 (DTC.L)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Do analysts rate HAS or DTC? Hays currently has a consensus target price of GBX 120, suggesting a potential upside of 68.42%. Given Hays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hays is more favorable than 1863642 (DTC.L).Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Hays 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.001863642 (DTC.L) 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HAS or DTC? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHaysOutperform Votes87870.47% Underperform Votes36829.53% 1863642 (DTC.L)Outperform Votes13256.90% Underperform Votes10043.10% Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HAS or DTC? 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryHays beats 1863642 (DTC.L) on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Hays News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HAS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart HAS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricHaysStaffing & Employment Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.12B£289.82M£5.04B£2.64BDividend Yield4.01%5.93%3.95%4.98%P/E Ratio-228.5718.4821.50162.45Price / Sales0.1614.51183.94313,812.36Price / Cash6.5514.6330.1628.15Price / Book2.031.563.805.16Net Income-£4.87M£10.32M£1.09B£5.75B7 Day Performance-4.36%-1.41%-0.08%-1.02%1 Month Performance-6.31%-2.37%2.32%-0.86%1 Year Performance-24.76%-15.41%25.48%39.56% Hays Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HASHays3.1944 of 5 starsGBX 71.25-0.6%GBX 120+68.4%-25.5%£1.12B£6.91B-228.576,490Earnings ReportNews CoverageNegative NewsDTC1863642 (DTC.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00300Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeABTUABTU.LN/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00100Gap DownPAGEPageGroup3.3051 of 5 starsGBX 330+0.3%GBX 495+50.0%-26.9%£1.03B£1.87B20.427,859Gap UpIPELImpellam GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£389.29M£2.04B2,500.001,783STEMSThree4.1409 of 5 starsGBX 264+1.3%GBX 345+30.7%-40.5%£344.61M£1.47B6.982,280Positive NewsRWARobert WaltersN/AGBX 290+2.1%N/A-39.1%£206.92M£1.07B33.463,980News CoverageSTAFStaffline GroupN/AGBX 21.60-1.8%N/A-25.4%£28.02M£896.86M-1.482,300Gap UpGATCGattacaN/AGBX 86.80+6.9%N/A-19.8%£26.06M£370.86M140.17446High Trading VolumeRTCRTC GroupN/AGBX 105+7.7%N/A+44.4%£13.59M£90.27M7.40361Gap UpEMREmpresaria GroupN/AGBX 26.12-2.8%N/A-26.2%£12.28M£235.95M-2.083,150 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies 1863642 (DTC.L) Alternatives ABTU.L Alternatives PageGroup Alternatives Impellam Group Alternatives SThree Alternatives Robert Walters Alternatives Staffline Group Alternatives Gattaca Alternatives RTC Group Alternatives Empresaria Group Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:HAS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Real Hillbilly ElegyThe mountains of Appalachia are incredible to behold. 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