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Hays (#HAS) – H1 adj. EPS down to 0.81p, DPS maintained at 0.95p, notes “challenging markets”

2025-02-20 07:48:50

Hays – quarterly trading statement, still a warning on the sector and macroeconomic outlooks ahead?

International recruitment company Hays plc (HAS) has issued a “Second Quarter Trading Statement” including that it is “structurally improving… despite challenging markets” and “net cash of c.£25m… in line with our expectations… remain confident that we will benefit materially when our end markets recover”. So what of a current still below 75p share price, down from above 100p as recently as last June?

By Steve Moore | Published 2025-01-15 11:23:39 |

Hays (#HAS) – Q2 net fees -15% YoY, notes “challenging markets”

2025-01-15 07:46:00

Hays (#HAS) – Q1 LFL net fees -14% YoY, particularly permanent recruitment longer time to hire and low levels of confidence continuing

2024-10-11 06:45:30

Hays (#HAS) – FY adj. EPS down to 4.03p, “core” DPS maintained at 3p, notes “challenging markets”

2024-08-22 06:30:09

Hays (#HAS) – Q4 LFL net fees -15% YoY, “with a June exit rate of minus 18%”

2024-07-11 06:30:38

Hays (#HAS) – Q3 LFL net fees -14% YoY, “market conditions remained challenging through the quarter”

2024-04-16 06:27:58

Hays (#HAS) – H1 adj. EPS -42% to 2.37p, DPS maintained at 0.95p, notes “saw increasingly challenging conditions”

2024-02-22 07:30:18

Hays – profit warning, a warning on the sector and macroeconomic outlooks ahead?…

Recruitment company Hays plc (HAS), noting that at end-2023 it had c.12,300 employees in 249 offices in 33 countries and covered recruitment in 21 professional and skilled specialisms, whilst adding “in addition to our international and sectoral diversification, in Q2 FY24 the group’s net fees were generated 59% from temporary and 41% from permanent placement markets”, has issued a Q2 (to 31st December 2023) FY24 trading statement. With its noted diversification, a good insight into both the sector and macroeconomic situations then. And…

By Steve Moore | Published 2024-01-09 14:05:00 |

Hays (#HAS) – Q2 LFL net fees -10% YoY, “market conditions became increasingly challenging through the quarter”

2024-01-09 07:38:46

Hays (#HAS) – Q1 LFL net fees -7% YoY (-9% actual), driven by Permanent markets

2023-10-12 06:29:54

Hays (#HAS) – appointment of its Germany & CEMEA MD, Dirk Hahn, as CEO with effect from 1st September

2023-08-24 06:45:17

Hays (#HAS) – FY EPS -7%, DPS +5% and a special dividend, “market conditions toughened”

2023-08-24 06:42:32

Hays (#HAS) – Q4 net fees -2% YoY, notes “lengthening of time-to-hire”

2023-07-13 06:36:42

Hays (#HAS) – Q3 LFL net fees +5% YoY, “modestly lower numbers of new assignments broadly offset by greater contract extensions”

2023-04-14 06:26:26

Hays (#HAS) – H1 EPS +1%, DPS maintained, to commence process to appoint new CEO

2023-02-23 07:42:34

Hays (#HAS) – Q2 LFL net fees +8% YoY, though increasing “client and candidate uncertainties”

2023-01-17 07:25:25

Hays (#HAS) – Q1 LFL net fees +15% YoY, though now ‘modestly reduced’ forward-looking activity levels in a number of markets

2022-10-13 07:25:43

Hays (#HAS) – FY EPS up to 9.22p, DPS 2.85p, special DPS 7.34p, notes “macroeconomic uncertainties increasing”

2022-08-25 07:19:50

Hays (#HAS) – Q4 net fees +24% YoY, emphasises drivers of further profitable growth

2022-07-14 07:27:12

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Recent Comments

DUCKnDIVE18 Sep 2026

Notwithstanding your ad nauseam negativity on SBTX, I choose to believe the positive indications from the 8 June RNS, including "Growth continued across the company", under Current Trading and Outlook (from a chairman who never speaks with forked tongue). Accordingly, I have helped myself to a nice top-up in anticipation of a welcome trading update on Monday.

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BOBINS18 Sep 2026

lets hope the Houthis keep away from the Saudi Mines?

Reinvesting my Satsuma Winnings

Charles18 Sep 2026

Easy work for the FCA with you having laid it out.

EXPOSE: Paul Mathieson and the strike off: you might think that, I could not comment

TOM18 Sep 2026

darren has done something , really working now

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ZEDBEEKAY17 Sep 2026

I can't play it either - I'm on a laptop, and it either refuses to play or gets a few minutes in and stops

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TOM17 Sep 2026

I refreshed page and it worked for me

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Ben17 Sep 2026

Good evening. I’m having difficulty playing the bearcast. Don’t know if it’s just me

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TOYIN17 Sep 2026

From SBTX 24/8 rns. "The Company is in advanced discussions with potential NED candidates and looks forward to updating the market in due course, and is also intending to issue a business update by mid-September which will include further Board updates."

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JEFF_WITH_A_J17 Sep 2026

But I thought Dr Morepen was going to sell millions? We don't hear much from them now..I wonder how much OPTI spunked on their co-investment in marketing? I suspect we'll never know

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