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HAYS



Company name in Chinese: 瀚纳仕 Company name in English: HAYS
Headquarters: London, The United Kingdom Country: The United Kingdom
Established: 1867 Website: http://www.haysplc.com
Main Business: Headhunting&RPO Annual revenue of 2013: 5,781 million dollars
Stock Exchange: London Stock Exchange Stock Code: HAS
About: HAYS(LON:HAS)is a United Kingdom-based recruitment group engaged in the provision of specialist recruitment activities. As a professional human resources consulting service provider, Hays(LON:HAS), headquartered in Great Britain, is the largest headhunting company in Great Britain. Hays has 7,620 staff operating from 255 offices in 31 countries . Hays has market-leading positions in the UK, Asia Pacific, Continental Europe and Latin America. Hays is the largest professional recruitment consulting company in Asia Pacific and it has set up 45 branches in Asia Pacific. In 2010, Hays declared the strategic measures of entering Chinese market which aims to become Chinese largest recruitment and consulting company, expects to rapidly expand its scale on the basis of its existing three subsidiaries in China in the next five years, and increase its headhunting consults to 300 from the current number of 80.

Major financial data in Fiscal 2013(Unit: $ million)

Operating profit Net profit Pre-tax profit Shareholders' equity
186 / 185 339
Total assets by the end of 2013 Average total assets Current assets Current liabilities
1,382 1,375 947 -737
Receivable by the end of 2013 Average receivable Total liabilities Interest expense
582 718 -1,044 /

Major financial ratios in Fiscal 2013:

Indicator Ratio Compared with industry average Indicator Ratio Compared with industry average
Revenue growth rate -0.2% Lower Net profit margin / /
Total turnover ratio 4.2 Higher ROE / /
Accounts receivable turnover ratio 8.0 Higher Debt-asset ratio / /
ROA / / Current ratio -1.3 Lower
Operating margin 3.4% Higher Times Interest Earned / /