Hays (LON:HAS) Shares Cross Above 200-Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

Hays plc (LON:HAS)’s stock price passed 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 traded.

Hays Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.81. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 76.07 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 80.23. The company has a market cap of £1.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -269.15, a P/E/G ratio of 0.24 and a beta of 1.13.

Hays (LON:HAS) last issued 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 return on equity of 0.84% and a negative net margin of 0.07%. On average, analysts expect that Hays plc will post 4.0966184 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other Hays news, insider Joe Hurd acquired 2,857 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 70 ($0.90) per share, with a total value of £1,999.90 ($2,582.18). Corporate insiders own 0.54% of the company’s stock.

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