Hays plc

LSE:HAS Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.3b

Hays Valuation

Is HAS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HAS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HAS (£0.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£1.06)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HAS is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HAS?

Key metric: As HAS is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for HAS. This is calculated by dividing HAS's market cap by their current revenue.
What is HAS's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.2x
SalesUK£6.95b
Market CapUK£1.27b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does HAS's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for HAS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.6x
PAGE PageGroup
0.6x1.0%UK£1.1b
LTG Learning Technologies Group
1.5x-1.8%UK£775.4m
STEM SThree
0.2x-3.6%UK£373.7m
RWA Robert Walters
0.2x0.02%UK£214.8m
HAS Hays
0.2x0.4%UK£1.3b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: HAS is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the peer average (0.6x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does HAS's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Professional Services Industry?

12 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.8x6.0%
HAS Hays
 0.2x0.4%US$1.59b
IPEL Impellam Group
0.2xn/aUS$489.91m
STEM SThree
0.2x-3.6%US$467.87m
HAS 0.2xIndustry Avg. 0.8xNo. of Companies12PS012345+
12 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.8x11.2%
HAS Hays
 0.2x62.6%US$1.59b
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: HAS is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the UK Professional Services industry average (0.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HAS's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HAS PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.2x
Fair PS Ratio0.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: HAS is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HAS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£0.80
UK£1.02
+28.1%
16.4%UK£1.30UK£0.75n/a11
Dec ’25UK£0.79
UK£1.04
+32.1%
15.8%UK£1.30UK£0.79n/a11
Nov ’25UK£0.78
UK£1.05
+34.3%
14.5%UK£1.30UK£0.79n/a11
Oct ’25UK£0.91
UK£1.08
+18.7%
13.3%UK£1.30UK£0.87n/a11
Sep ’25UK£0.93
UK£1.09
+18.0%
12.0%UK£1.30UK£0.87n/a11
Aug ’25UK£0.93
UK£1.11
+18.9%
12.3%UK£1.30UK£0.87n/a11
Jul ’25UK£0.93
UK£1.18
+26.5%
11.0%UK£1.40UK£0.90n/a11
Jun ’25UK£1.08
UK£1.16
+7.9%
12.1%UK£1.40UK£0.90n/a11
May ’25UK£0.91
UK£1.17
+28.0%
12.4%UK£1.40UK£0.90n/a11
Apr ’25UK£0.94
UK£1.21
+27.8%
11.5%UK£1.40UK£0.93n/a10
Mar ’25UK£0.96
UK£1.24
+29.3%
8.8%UK£1.40UK£1.04n/a9
Feb ’25UK£0.97
UK£1.29
+33.2%
10.0%UK£1.55UK£1.07n/a10
Jan ’25UK£1.09
UK£1.36
+24.8%
12.9%UK£1.70UK£1.15n/a10
Dec ’24UK£1.05
UK£1.36
+29.8%
12.9%UK£1.70UK£1.15UK£0.7910
Nov ’24UK£0.96
UK£1.38
+43.5%
13.1%UK£1.70UK£1.15UK£0.7811
Oct ’24UK£1.09
UK£1.41
+29.0%
12.2%UK£1.70UK£1.21UK£0.9111
Sep ’24UK£1.06
UK£1.41
+33.0%
12.2%UK£1.70UK£1.21UK£0.9311
Aug ’24UK£1.07
UK£1.42
+33.3%
12.0%UK£1.70UK£1.20UK£0.9312
Jul ’24UK£1.02
UK£1.47
+43.5%
10.7%UK£1.70UK£1.21UK£0.9312
Jun ’24UK£1.09
UK£1.48
+35.4%
10.7%UK£1.70UK£1.21UK£1.0811
May ’24UK£1.14
UK£1.49
+30.8%
10.4%UK£1.70UK£1.21UK£0.9112
Apr ’24UK£1.12
UK£1.46
+31.1%
11.9%UK£1.70UK£1.15UK£0.9413
Mar ’24UK£1.21
UK£1.49
+23.4%
10.7%UK£1.70UK£1.15UK£0.9613
Feb ’24UK£1.24
UK£1.49
+20.2%
10.7%UK£1.70UK£1.15UK£0.9713
Jan ’24UK£1.16
UK£1.48
+28.2%
9.5%UK£1.70UK£1.15UK£1.0912
Dec ’23UK£1.20
UK£1.48
+23.0%
10.2%UK£1.70UK£1.15UK£1.0512

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 01:08
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Hays plc is covered by 37 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Wim GilleABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Paul Daniel CheckettsBarclays
Afonso OsorioBarclays