Analysts Set Experian plc (LON:EXPN) Price Target at GBX 3,166

Experian plc (LON:EXPN) has been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,394 ($42.25).

Several brokerages have recently commented on EXPN. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,020 ($50.04) target price on shares of Experian in a research report on Thursday. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 3,600 ($44.82) price objective on shares of Experian in a research report on Friday, February 9th.

Insider Transactions at Experian

In other news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.57), for a total value of £79,275.60 ($98,687.41). Company insiders own 0.25% of the company’s stock.

Experian Stock Down 0.2 %

EXPN stock opened at GBX 3,198 ($39.81) on Friday. Experian has a 52 week low of GBX 2,366 ($29.45) and a 52 week high of GBX 3,530 ($43.94). The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 3,377.90 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 3,110.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92. The company has a market cap of £29.39 billion, a PE ratio of 3,593.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.64.

Experian Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 4th were issued a $0.18 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.54%. Experian’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 4,943.82%.

Experian Company Profile

Experian plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Business-to-Business and Consumer Services. The company collects, sorts, aggregates, and transforms data from various sources to provide a range of data-driven services.