PageGroup (LON:PAGE) Stock Rating Reaffirmed as Hold by Jefferies Financial Group

PageGroup (LON:PAGE)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, October 14th, 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 0.69% from the stock’s current price.

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

PageGroup Price Performance

PageGroup stock traded up GBX 15.70 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting GBX 203.60. 1,935,017 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,019,740. The firm has a market cap of £633.94 million, a P/E ratio of 49.66, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a quick ratio of 1.77, a current ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.32. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 210.60 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 163.06. PageGroup has a 1-year low of GBX 101.24 and a 1-year high of GBX 253.40.

PageGroup (LON:PAGE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported GBX 1.20 EPS for the quarter. PageGroup had a net margin of 0.79% and a return on equity of 5.95%. As a group, analysts forecast that PageGroup will post 23.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About PageGroup

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.