Financials Hays plc

Equities

HAS

GB0004161021

Employment Services

Real-time Estimate Cboe Europe 07:08:15 2024-06-06 am EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
106.6 GBX +1.09% Intraday chart for Hays plc +0.19% -2.66%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: June 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 2,291 1,996 2,659 1,842 1,624 1,670 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 2,161 1,741 2,248 1,546 1,488 1,567 1,538 1,530
P/E ratio 14.3 x 38.4 x 43.6 x 12.3 x 12 x 30 x 17.9 x 12.7 x
Yield 5.98% - 6.4% 9.13% 5.13% 2.89% 3.71% 4.43%
Capitalization / Revenue 0.38 x 0.34 x 0.47 x 0.28 x 0.21 x 0.25 x 0.24 x 0.23 x
EV / Revenue 0.36 x 0.29 x 0.4 x 0.23 x 0.2 x 0.23 x 0.23 x 0.21 x
EV / EBITDA 8.19 x 8.8 x 13.8 x 5.64 x 5.64 x 8.75 x 7.42 x 6.14 x
EV / FCF 15.9 x 5.3 x -176 x 10.5 x 10.9 x 28 x 24.2 x 17.5 x
FCF Yield 6.29% 18.9% -0.57% 9.53% 9.18% 3.57% 4.12% 5.72%
Price to Book 3.26 x 2.13 x 3.05 x 2.34 x 2.45 x 2.63 x 2.46 x 2.26 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 1,458,396 1,677,730 1,676,433 1,650,315 1,589,139 1,584,783 - -
Reference price 2 1.571 1.190 1.586 1.116 1.022 1.054 1.054 1.054
Announcement Date 8/29/19 8/27/20 8/26/21 8/25/22 8/24/23 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: June 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 6,070 5,930 5,648 6,589 7,583 6,742 6,826 7,364
EBITDA 1 264 197.9 163.1 274.2 263.9 179 207.2 249.1
EBIT 1 248.8 135 95.1 210.1 197 110.8 138.6 185.1
Operating Margin 4.1% 2.28% 1.68% 3.19% 2.6% 1.64% 2.03% 2.51%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 231.2 86.3 88.1 204.3 192.1 74.05 129.2 184.9
Net income 1 161.7 47.5 61.5 154.2 138.3 47.15 91.28 131.3
Net margin 2.66% 0.8% 1.09% 2.34% 1.82% 0.7% 1.34% 1.78%
EPS 2 0.1097 0.0310 0.0364 0.0911 0.0852 0.0352 0.0588 0.0828
Free Cash Flow 1 135.9 328.2 -12.8 147.3 136.6 55.95 63.45 87.48
FCF margin 2.24% 5.54% -0.23% 2.24% 1.8% 0.83% 0.93% 1.19%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 51.48% 165.84% - 53.72% 51.76% 31.25% 30.62% 35.12%
FCF Conversion (Net income) 84.04% 690.95% - 95.53% 98.77% 118.66% 69.51% 66.63%
Dividend per Share 2 0.0940 - 0.1015 0.1019 0.0524 0.0304 0.0391 0.0467
Announcement Date 8/29/19 8/27/20 8/26/21 8/25/22 8/24/23 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: June 2020 S1 2020 S2 2021 S1 2021 S2 2022 S1 2023 S1 2023 S2 2024 S1
Net sales 3,105 - - - - - 3,744 -
EBITDA - - - - - - - -
EBIT 1 - 34.9 25.1 70 101.6 - - 60.1
Operating Margin - - - - - - - -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) - - - - - - 98.1 -
Net income - - - - - 66.7 71.6 -
Net margin - - - - - - 1.91% -
EPS 0.0456 - - - - 0.0408 0.0444 -
Dividend per Share - - - - - - - -
Announcement Date 2/20/20 8/27/20 - 8/26/21 - 2/23/23 8/24/23 -
1GBP in Million
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: June 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 - - - - - - - -
Net Cash position 1 130 256 411 296 136 103 132 140
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - - - - - - - -
Free Cash Flow 1 136 328 -12.8 147 137 55.9 63.4 87.5
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 24.8% 10.3% 7.13% 18.5% 18.9% 10.3% 14.7% 18.9%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) - 2.76% - - - 2.17% 4.52% 5.54%
Assets 1 - 1,721 - - - 2,169 2,017 2,368
Book Value Per Share 2 0.4800 0.5600 0.5200 0.4800 0.4200 0.4000 0.4300 0.4700
Cash Flow per Share 2 0.1100 0.2300 0 0.1000 0.1000 0.0700 0.0700 0.0900
Capex 1 33 26 18.8 24.4 29.1 31.2 31.3 32.5
Capex / Sales 0.54% 0.44% 0.33% 0.37% 0.38% 0.46% 0.46% 0.44%
Announcement Date 8/29/19 8/27/20 8/26/21 8/25/22 8/24/23 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B-
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
1.054 GBP
Average target price
1.172 GBP
Spread / Average Target
+11.18%
Consensus