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Hays plc is a United Kingdom-based company, which is engaged in providing qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment. The Company operates through four geographic regions: Germany, United Kingdom & Ireland, Australia & New Zealand and Rest of World. The Company operates in 33 countries and 21 areas of specialism and expertise. Its specialisms include accountancy and finance; legal, banking and capital markets; life sciences; construction and property; office support; contact centers; procurement; education; resources and mining; energy, oil and gas; retail; engineering and manufacturing; sales and marketing; executive; sustainability; financial services; technology; health and social care; telecoms, and human resources. The Company’s Find & Engage recruitment marketing model combines the practices and skills of traditional hiring, and then incorporates new technology and data science to locate candidates at scale. It operates in approximately 349 offices in 33 countries globally.
- Revenue in GBP (TTM)6.95bn
- Net income in GBP-4.90m
- Incorporated1987
- Employees11.12k
- LocationHays PLC4th Fl, Regent's Place, 20 Triton StreetLONDON NW1 3BFUnited KingdomGBR
- Phone+44 203 978 2520
- Fax+44 203 905 2482
- Websitehttps://www.haysplc.com/
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derichebourg SA | 2.94bn | 80.67m | 644.30m | 5.92k | 7.98 | 0.7772 | 2.71 | 0.2188 | 0.6074 | 0.6074 | 22.17 | 6.24 | 1.30 | 13.46 | 12.91 | 596,672.90 | 4.75 | 5.99 | 6.62 | 9.25 | 18.08 | 29.46 | 3.66 | 3.85 | 0.7156 | 4.15 | 0.4772 | 24.15 | -16.71 | 4.40 | -39.88 | 14.17 | 12.78 | 2.71 |
| Prosegur Cash SA | 1.57bn | 53.59m | 653.43m | 50.79k | 12.81 | 3.35 | 3.70 | 0.4155 | 0.0412 | 0.0412 | 1.28 | 0.1577 | 0.8816 | -- | 4.04 | 41,833.46 | 3.05 | 3.96 | 4.81 | 6.49 | -- | 34.14 | 3.46 | 4.38 | 0.9255 | 3.67 | 0.8382 | 88.43 | -0.5823 | 1.45 | -33.33 | -18.43 | 0.6488 | -17.91 |
| Grupa Pracuj SA | 143.07m | 33.99m | 705.98m | 1.08k | 21.06 | 11.23 | 17.14 | 4.93 | 2.55 | 2.55 | 10.75 | 4.79 | 0.6636 | 6.26 | 11.42 | 689,782.20 | 16.07 | 30.74 | 30.60 | 53.94 | 92.67 | 92.89 | 24.22 | 34.07 | 0.6894 | 5.24 | 0.4746 | -- | 19.04 | 17.23 | 11.08 | 9.56 | 28.85 | -- |
| Prosegur Compania de Seguridad SA | 3.77bn | 55.54m | 831.25m | 161.42k | 14.66 | 1.25 | 3.49 | 0.2204 | 0.1248 | 0.1248 | 8.71 | 1.47 | 1.05 | -- | 4.26 | 28,906.04 | 1.86 | 3.43 | 2.84 | 5.36 | -- | 19.96 | 1.78 | 3.55 | 1.02 | 5.99 | 0.6648 | 54.87 | 3.25 | 1.82 | 1.33 | -13.10 | -1.38 | -10.71 |
| OEM International AB | 371.30m | 41.45m | 911.34m | 1.06k | 27.58 | 7.20 | 18.64 | 2.45 | 4.17 | 4.17 | 37.36 | 15.97 | 1.72 | 3.03 | 5.82 | 4,914,422.00 | 19.17 | 20.76 | 25.42 | 29.14 | 35.52 | 35.74 | 11.14 | 11.10 | 1.81 | 160.76 | 0.0543 | 36.34 | 8.74 | 10.58 | 5.47 | 19.58 | 6.57 | 9.24 |
| Pagegroup PLC | 1.87bn | 50.71m | 1.16bn | 7.58k | 21.97 | 4.23 | 10.02 | 0.6182 | 0.1605 | 0.1605 | 5.93 | 0.8338 | 2.73 | -- | 5.37 | 238,500.60 | 7.39 | 12.40 | 12.87 | 20.60 | 49.32 | 51.46 | 2.71 | 5.02 | -- | 62.05 | 0.2875 | 39.04 | 1.01 | 5.34 | -44.56 | -5.76 | 4.15 | 4.56 |
| Afry AB | 1.95bn | 85.66m | 1.17bn | 18.42k | 14.24 | 1.34 | 8.43 | 0.6019 | 10.55 | 10.55 | 240.26 | 111.83 | 0.9653 | -- | 3.04 | 1,433,312.00 | 4.24 | 4.05 | 6.12 | 5.83 | 79.03 | 79.33 | 4.39 | 4.53 | -- | 5.45 | 0.00 | 49.09 | 14.55 | 14.06 | 12.94 | 5.29 | 7.08 | 1.92 |
| Hays plc | 6.95bn | -4.90m | 1.21bn | 11.12k | -- | 2.16 | 19.70 | 0.1741 | -0.003 | -0.003 | 4.33 | 0.3518 | 3.77 | -- | 5.81 | 624,919.10 | -0.2662 | 4.20 | -0.6069 | 8.52 | -34.89 | 16.86 | -0.0705 | 1.21 | -- | 11.68 | 0.3047 | 118.51 | -8.36 | 2.74 | -103.54 | -- | -6.64 | -5.45 |
| Applus Services SA | 1.79bn | -4.48m | 1.37bn | 27.22k | -- | 3.03 | 8.42 | 0.762 | -0.0428 | -0.0578 | 17.92 | 4.20 | 0.8819 | 18.73 | 7.15 | 80,363.73 | 0.4244 | 0.8665 | 0.7114 | 1.15 | 89.21 | 90.32 | 0.4812 | 1.08 | 0.625 | 3.13 | 0.5688 | -- | 8.40 | 4.19 | -56.20 | -8.73 | 9.08 | -- |
| Mitie Group PLC | 4.45bn | 126.30m | 1.42bn | 64.00k | 12.16 | 3.27 | 6.70 | 0.3197 | 0.0913 | 0.0913 | 3.19 | 0.3394 | 2.37 | 279.81 | 5.90 | 69,456.25 | 6.97 | 3.58 | 17.02 | 8.81 | 11.25 | 11.51 | 2.94 | 1.65 | 0.9133 | -- | 0.4043 | 43.37 | 12.68 | 16.34 | 38.64 | 41.08 | -3.11 | 14.17 |
| Benefit Systems SA | 622.67m | 91.79m | 1.43bn | 1.62k | 15.78 | 7.36 | 9.47 | 2.29 | 160.37 | 160.37 | 1,088.29 | 343.98 | 1.16 | 219.18 | 15.35 | 2,005,757.00 | 17.27 | 5.42 | 24.64 | 7.55 | 35.90 | 27.51 | 14.91 | 6.93 | 0.5976 | -- | 0.5474 | 92.54 | 45.31 | 18.07 | 218.30 | 30.84 | 8.96 | -- |
| Serco Group plc | 4.76bn | 139.00m | 1.59bn | 46.21k | 12.32 | 1.67 | 4.99 | 0.3348 | 0.1258 | 0.1258 | 4.30 | 0.9281 | 1.77 | 177.78 | 7.32 | 103,040.80 | 5.18 | 7.02 | 8.11 | 10.96 | 10.38 | 10.30 | 2.93 | 4.03 | 0.8846 | 27.39 | 0.4375 | 14.06 | 7.49 | 11.43 | 30.24 | 24.60 | -6.89 | -- |
| Loomis AB | 2.15bn | 111.11m | 1.65bn | 24.50k | 14.80 | 1.77 | 5.01 | 0.7709 | 21.97 | 21.97 | 423.38 | 183.84 | 0.803 | -- | 8.41 | 1,197,240.00 | 4.16 | 4.69 | 5.95 | 6.59 | 27.12 | 26.35 | 5.18 | 5.78 | 1.17 | 4.46 | 0.4941 | 43.08 | 13.40 | 8.41 | -6.68 | -0.5655 | 5.98 | 4.56 |
Data as of Nov 21 2024. Currency figures normalised to Hays PLC's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX
56.86%Per cent of shares held by top holders
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Silchester International Investors LLPas of 30 Jun 2024 | 278.76m | 17.56% |
| Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.as of 01 Nov 2024 | 99.61m | 6.28% |
| Man Group Investments Ltd.as of 01 Nov 2024 | 81.77m | 5.15% |
| GLG Partners LPas of 19 Aug 2024 | 79.08m | 4.98% |
| Evenlode Investment Management Ltd.as of 30 Jun 2024 | 70.52m | 4.44% |
| FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Nov 2024 | 66.24m | 4.17% |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 30 Jun 2024 | 59.59m | 3.75% |
| Liontrust Portfolio Management Ltd.as of 30 Jun 2022 | 56.02m | 3.53% |
| Heronbridge Investment Management LLPas of 30 Jun 2024 | 55.63m | 3.51% |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.as of 01 Nov 2024 | 55.16m | 3.48% |
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Data from 30 Nov 2023 - 15 Nov 2024Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
