Hays Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:HAS Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Role	Shares	Max Price
24 Feb 25	BuyUK£1,998	Joseph Hurd	Individual		2,857	UK£0.70
09 Sep 24	BuyUK£1,985	Joseph Hurd	Individual		2,208	UK£0.90

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: HAS insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of HAS?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Individual Insiders	590,749	0.0371%
Private Companies	1,536,276	0.0965%
Employee Share Scheme	7,908,574	0.497%
General Public	38,493,873	2.42%
Hedge Funds	82,400,353	5.18%
Institutions	1,460,970,777	91.8%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 87.1% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
17.8%	Silchester International Investors LLP	283,977,715	UK£207.7m	1.88%	1.04%
6.76%	Fidelity International Ltd	107,609,027	UK£78.7m	32.1%	0.04%
6.4%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	101,850,485	UK£74.5m	-1.76%	0.02%
5.8%	BlackRock, Inc.	92,380,474	UK£67.6m	17.6%	no data
5.43%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	86,437,081	UK£63.2m	-1.33%	no data
5.18%	GLG Partners LP	82,400,353	UK£60.3m	5.81%	0.89%
4.37%	Schroder Investment Management Limited	69,609,583	UK£50.9m	9,870%	0.04%
3.99%	Heronbridge Investment Management LLP	63,458,476	UK£46.4m	4.72%	4.64%
3.56%	Pzena Investment Management, Inc.	56,741,564	UK£41.5m	21.6%	0.11%
3.27%	Jupiter Fund Management Plc	52,072,617	UK£38.1m	-25.6%	0.13%
3.06%	Evenlode Investment Management Limited	48,678,755	UK£35.6m	-25.6%	0.71%
2.43%	Harris Associates L.P.	38,752,010	UK£28.3m	-12.5%	0.05%
2.1%	Invesco Ltd.	33,426,324	UK£24.5m	5.08%	0.01%
1.86%	M&G Investment Management Limited	29,543,158	UK£21.6m	2.37%	0.05%
1.69%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	26,976,534	UK£19.7m	-0.49%	0.01%
1.63%	Wellington Management Group LLP	25,910,613	UK£19.0m	1.37%	no data
1.61%	Janus Henderson Group plc	25,605,540	UK£18.7m	3.71%	0.01%
1.58%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	25,084,713	UK£18.3m	-4.44%	no data
1.49%	BNY Asset Management	23,695,630	UK£17.3m	-15.9%	0.01%
1.41%	Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd.	22,393,808	UK£16.4m	1.02%	0.42%
1.4%	Aberdeen Group Plc	22,279,364	UK£16.3m	-31%	0.01%
1.26%	LGT Capital Partners (FL) Ltd.	20,004,000	UK£14.6m	122%	0.74%
1.24%	Norges Bank Investment Management	19,693,342	UK£14.4m	-9.7%	no data
0.88%	Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking Investment	14,000,000	UK£10.2m	0%	0.01%
0.88%	Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC	13,973,662	UK£10.2m	0%	0.05%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/11 21:59
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/06/30

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Hays plc is covered by 38 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Wim Gille	ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Paul Daniel Sullivan	Barclays
Paul Daniel Checketts	Barclays