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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Hays Plc | LSE:HAS | London | Ordinary Share | GB0004161021 | ORD 1P |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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1.45 | 1.60% | 92.20 | 91.95 | 92.10 | 93.25 | 91.00 | 92.50 | 1,606,886 | 16:35:27 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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Employment Agencies | 1.29B | 138.3M | 0.0873 | 10.53 | 1.46B |
Date | Subject | Author | Discuss |
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16/4/2024 23:46 | Net fees. Double digit falls in all regions | darrin1471 | |
16/4/2024 23:42 | I was suprised at the bounce back near £1 last week, obvs very different today. | essentialinvestor | |
16/4/2024 23:35 | Slightly uglier sister. Q3. Closing today below the covid low | darrin1471 | |
23/1/2024 22:13 | Will Hays need to to reduce FY 24 guidance with February's update?, would not bet against that. | essentialinvestor | |
09/1/2024 08:37 | Oh for the days when this was £4.50 | sandy133 | |
16/10/2023 12:44 | Hi Dave, added a small amount this morning. IF macro continues to weaken and equity markets sell off hard, under 80 pence is more than possible. | essentialinvestor | |
14/10/2023 15:11 | Overview of RWS, PAGE and HAS.Https://www.ii.c | disc0dave46 | |
13/10/2023 19:01 | Sharecast - Liberum has kept a 'buy' recommendation on Hays despite the recruitment firm failing to meeting expectations with its first-quarter results, but has trimmed its target price slightly from 125p to 120p. Hays reported on Thursday that like-for-like net fee income fell by 7% in the fiscal first quarter, below the 5% drop expected by analysts. Liberum analyst Sanjay Vidyarthi said he has now reduced his full-year EBIT forecasts by 12%, "bringing us more in line with consensus, which had been drifting down into this update". He says that the EBIT recovery journey "could be a long one", but that Liberum still favours Hays to competitive Page due to its higher exposure to the temp and contract markets. "Hays' higher temp/contract mix provides a degree more protection through the cycle than Page's perm focus. It is increasingly focusing on higher margin and higher growth segments and driving productivity is key. However, the forecast trajectory needs to pick up before the shares can properly re-rate," Vidyarthi said. "As things stand, our FY26E EBIT is little more than what was achieved in FY07. Meanwhile, the balance sheet remains strong enough to weather the storm and there is some yield support (FY24E: 5.5%)." | disc0dave46 | |
13/10/2023 11:59 | Hi Dave, Hays is a more geographically focused business (compared to Page and RWA) and that arguably brings risks - Germany their largest market, followed by the UK. Hays gives more exposure to the temp side than many of the other big recruitment companies. If equity markets continue to sell off and macro also continues to weaken, you might see Hays trade under 80 pence. | essentialinvestor | |
13/10/2023 10:59 | Hi EI That would be around £157m op profit?.For HAS Stocko has Pat £117m, so assume pbt £157m, and op profit £161m. Let's say £160m op profit, going on what they said in their Q1 and last years costs I get op profit circa £180m, so are they saying £20m additional cost to "protect key strategic investments"....whatev | disc0dave46 | |
13/10/2023 00:15 | Hi Dave, on FY pre tax, current consensus is around £153 Million. I don't have an operating profit number. Thanks again. | essentialinvestor | |
12/10/2023 19:57 | ....wouldn't be far offBloody phone | disc0dave46 | |
12/10/2023 19:51 | Just read again.They say FY24 has begun in line but then later in their outlook say:"As a reminder, given that Group net fees will decline year-on-year in H1 FY24, in part due to the FX and working day impacts noted above, we continue to expect conversion rate and operating profit will also decline, as we protect key strategic investments to benefit from future recovery and structural growth opportunities."The fx working day hit was stated as £7.5m off last years op profit of £197. So say £189m, but are further reductions also forecast as comment above?, so what was forecast at start of FY24 and what's forecast now?, it's unclear to me tbh. I'd say £180m?. would be be too far off but wtfdik. | disc0dave46 | |
12/10/2023 19:42 | No problem, sorry didn't have too much time to research further.What is the forecast op profit for HAS?. Seems like they've possibly clouded over announcing a pw unlike PAGE but don't know what their f/cast op profit was, just the comment that it will decline and no comment as to whether or not they will hit forecasts (again I've only quickly looked so apologies if I'm wrong and didn't see it).Sod's Law I meant to sell PAGE before yesterdays Q3 results as expected a profit warning but got distracted......then it fell.Conversely the other month I sold my JD shares before results as expected a profit warning but an in line......it shot up. DohDifficult markets at the moment! | disc0dave46 | |
12/10/2023 18:58 | Thanks Dave, appreciate the view and reply. | essentialinvestor | |
12/10/2023 18:51 | Hi EILooks to be a similar story at PAGE (I hold). Main issue decline in permanent fee incomes. Noted HAS down 7% in Q1 but they are saying in line for the year - but there will continue to be a decline in op profit but they don't say how much (only read quickly so apologies if missed it). PAGE on the other hand in their recent Q3 update reduced this FY forecast op profit by 7.6% which virtually aligned with reduction in fee income, so would guess the same for HAS? (is their op profit this FY going to be circa £180m?). Both have increased earnings though for their respective next FY period (PAGE +11% to +16%, HAS +24%) so given different 12m FY periods it looks like things are expected to pick up in the next FY. | disc0dave46 | |
11/10/2023 23:08 | Can they avoid an FY guidance cut tomorrow..?. | essentialinvestor | |
24/8/2023 07:32 | Final results div up 5% plus special | lyceeuk | |
12/7/2023 15:05 | Hello me again. Traded in and out for 5% but no idea how the business is | prokartace | |
14/4/2023 16:58 | Thanks Kalai | gswredland | |
14/4/2023 12:36 | Hays plc issued a Q3 trading update for the 3 months January-March 2023 this morning. Total net fees were up 10% on the quarter with like-for-like fees up 5% to a new record. Headcount was down 2% in the quarter and up 4% YoY. Management expect overall headcount will be broadly flat in Q4 as the Group continues to focus on driving productivity. H2 FY23 operating profit is expected to be modestly higher than in H1, net cash was c.£80 million. Valuation looks decent with forward PE at a little under 14x mid-range for the Professional & Commercial Services market, PS ratio at 0.25x is top quartile. Share price lacks positive momentum and the macro outlook remains unfavourable in 2023. There appears to be no rush to buy just yet, particularly with the UK economy expected to slide into recession in 2023, but Hays is a solid recruiter worth monitoring for the longer run... ...from WealthOracle | kalai1 | |
21/3/2023 07:07 | Why is it that as the shares are getting cheaper by the day the share buyback buys less and less?? | lyceeuk | |
17/1/2023 10:32 | Continuing good performance in the TU today. | deadly | |
12/1/2023 16:09 | Hi only trading after a quick 10% drop but feeling a bit like there is no help on this thread. No worries I will be gone shortly and leave you all? to your selves | prokartace |
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