St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) have been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven research firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,675.43.

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,810 to GBX 1,790 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group reissued a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 1,475 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,800 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,686 to GBX 1,663 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,700 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th.

St. James’s Place Trading Down 3.0%

Shares of STJ stock opened at GBX 1,156.50 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.73, a current ratio of 3.80 and a quick ratio of 3.85. The firm has a market cap of £5.90 billion, a PE ratio of 11.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 1,246.91 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 1,331.44. St. James’s Place has a 1-year low of GBX 1,061.50 and a 1-year high of GBX 1,575.50.

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported GBX 99.90 earnings per share for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a net margin of 1.76% and a return on equity of 37.33%. On average, analysts predict that St. James’s Place will post 67.9947461 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other St. James’s Place news, insider Penny James purchased 8,418 shares of St. James’s Place stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 1,182 per share, with a total value of £99,500.76. Corporate insiders own 1.15% of the company’s stock.

St. James’s Place Company Profile

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.