Hays (LON:HAS) Share Price Passes Above 200-Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

Hays plc (LON:HAS) shares crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 80.32 ($1.04) and traded as high as GBX 86 ($1.11). Hays shares last traded at GBX 83.90 ($1.08), with a volume of 7,547,359 shares changing hands.

Hays Price Performance

The business’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 76.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 80.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.32. The stock has a market cap of £1.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -269.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13.

Hays (LON:HAS) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported GBX 0.19 ($0.00) earnings per share for the quarter. Hays had a negative net margin of 0.07% and a negative return on equity of 0.84%. Research analysts predict that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Joe Hurd bought 2,857 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 70 ($0.90) per share, with a total value of £1,999.90 ($2,582.18). 0.54% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hays Company Profile