St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) Shares Down 12.5% – Here’s Why

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ)’s share price traded down 12.5% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as GBX 1,256.50 and last traded at GBX 1,268.50. 7,348,774 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 75% from the average session volume of 29,263,074 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1,449.

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Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on STJ shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,725 to GBX 1,726 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,590 to GBX 1,790 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 1,475 price objective on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,160 to GBX 1,600 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,350 to GBX 1,375 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, St. James’s Place currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 1,645.14.

St. James’s Place Price Performance

The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 1,434.84 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 1,343.98. The company has a market capitalization of £6.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10.

About St. James’s Place

We plan, grow and protect the financial futures of over one million clients across the UK by providing holistic advice-led wealth management, delivered exclusively by the Partnership, our group of more than 4,900 highly skilled advisers.

We offer an integrated client proposition, through which we provide financial advice, investment product wrappers such as pensions, investment bonds and ISAs, and offer our own range of investment funds and portfolios.