Jefferies Financial Group Reaffirms Hold Rating for PageGroup (LON:PAGE)

PageGroup (LON:PAGE)‘s stock had its “hold” rating restated by research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued on Wednesday, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 205 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price objective points to a potential upside of 4.70% from the stock’s previous close.

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on PageGroup from GBX 210 to GBX 355 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 286.67.

PageGroup Stock Performance

LON:PAGE traded up GBX 2.30 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting GBX 195.80. The stock had a trading volume of 53,253,574 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,379,645. PageGroup has a twelve month low of GBX 101.24 and a twelve month high of GBX 253.40. The stock has a market cap of £609.65 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.76, a PEG ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.03. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 210.59 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 161.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.32, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 1.53.

PageGroup (LON:PAGE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported GBX 1.20 earnings per share for the quarter. PageGroup had a return on equity of 5.95% and a net margin of 0.79%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that PageGroup will post 23.59 earnings per share for the current year.

PageGroup Company Profile

Michael Page Changes Lives…

That’s our Michael Page Purpose, delivered by c.6,000 people in 34 markets, with a gross profit of over £769.6m in 2025.

As a FTSE 250 company, a lot has changed since we were set up in 1976 and the Group continues to grow and evolve. What hasn’t changed is our commitment to the success of our clients and candidates, and our own people.

Our strategy is geared for the long-term. With world-renowned and fully integrated brands, highly trained and motivated consultants, established professional relationships and access to the best candidates, we use our established database and market-leading approach to data and innovation to pursue our objective of being the leading specialist recruitment consultancy in our chosen markets.