Berenberg Bank initiated coverage on shares of Hays plc (LON:HAS) in a report released on Thursday morning, MarketBeat.Com reports. The firm issued a buy rating and a GBX 150 ($2.16) price objective on the stock.

In related news, insider Venables,Paul sold 7,217 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 142 ($2.04), for a total transaction of £10,248.14 ($14,743.40).

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on HAS. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a buy rating and set a GBX 176 ($2.53) price objective on shares of Hays plc in a report on Thursday, October 1st. Panmure Gordon reaffirmed a buy rating and set a GBX 200 ($2.88) price objective on shares of Hays plc in a report on Monday, October 5th. RBC Capital reaffirmed a sector perform rating and set a GBX 160 ($2.30) price objective on shares of Hays plc in a report on Tuesday, October 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Hays plc from GBX 155 ($2.23) to GBX 165 ($2.37) and gave the stock a neutral rating in a report on Wednesday, October 7th. Finally, Numis Securities Ltd reaffirmed an add rating and set a GBX 184 ($2.65) price objective on shares of Hays plc in a report on Wednesday, October 7th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company. The company currently has a consensus rating of Buy and a consensus price target of GBX 167.11 ($2.40).

Hays plc (LON:HAS) traded down 4.14% on Thursday, hitting GBX 120.40. 2,707,885 shares of the stock traded hands. The stock’s market cap is GBX 1.71 billion. Hays plc has a 12-month low of GBX 112.90 and a 12-month high of GBX 173.70. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 132.14 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 147.39.

Hays plc is a United Kingdom-based recruitment company engaged in the provision of specialist recruitment activities. The Company’s geographical segments include: Asia Pacific, Continental Europe & Rest of World, and United Kingdom & Ireland. The Company operates worldwide in 20 specialism, including accounting and finance, construction and property, information and technology (LON:HAS), sales and marketing, education, engineering and manufacturing, health and social care, legal, financial services, retail, executive, life sciences and human resources. The Company’s subsidiaries include Hays Holdings Limited, Hays International Holdings Limited, Hays Overseas Holdings Limited, Hays Specialist Recruitment (Holdings) Limited, Hays France SAS and Veredus Corp.

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