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Hays (HAYPY) Dividend Yield %

: 5.41% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-18), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Hays is 5.41%.

Good Sign:

Hays PLC stock dividend yield is close to 3-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hays's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

HAYPY' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.47   Med: 2   Max: 5.7
Current: 5.41

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Hays was 5.70%. The lowest was 1.47%. And the median was 2.00%.

HAYPY's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
58.87% of 586 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 2.905 vs HAYPY: 5.41

Hays's Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.85.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Hays was 0.78. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.33.

As of today (2024-04-18), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Hays is 5.41%.

Hays's Dividends per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.55.

During the past 12 months, Hays's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Hays was 65.10% per year. The lowest was -24.50% per year. And the median was 7.20% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Hays Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hays's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Hays Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.93 7.22 - 2.15 9.35

Hays Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Dividend Yield % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.84 2.15 9.83 9.35 4.94

Competitive Comparison

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Hays's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Hays Dividend Yield % Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Hays's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hays's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Hays Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Hays Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.1202024-03-012024-03-042024-04-24Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.5322023-10-052023-10-062023-12-04Cash Dividendsemi-annuallyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Hays's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.652/12.06
=5.41 %

Current Share Price is $12.06.
Hays's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.652.

Hays's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.24/12.06
=1.99 %

Current Share Price is $12.06.
Hays's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.12 * 2 = $0.24.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Hays  (OTCPK:HAYPY) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Hays (HAYPY) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
20 Triton Street, 4th Floor, London, GBR, NW1 3BF
Hays PLC is a British staffer and recruiting agency. The company offers recruitment services for a temporary, contractor, and permanent roles in the information technology, accounting and finance, construction and property, engineering, and office support sectors. The revenue generated through fees is equally split between permanent and temporary contract types. The largest end market for Hays is Continental Europe and the rest of the world, followed by the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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