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

Shares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) have received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven analysts that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,675.43.

Several research firms recently weighed in on STJ. Citigroup dropped their price objective 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 note on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 1,475 price objective on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,700 price objective on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 1,400 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped 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 note on Thursday, April 30th.

Insider Activity at St. James’s Place

In other news, insider Penny James purchased 8,418 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 1,182 per share, for a total transaction of £99,500.76. Insiders own 1.15% of the company’s stock.

St. James’s Place Price Performance

STJ opened at GBX 1,158 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of £5.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.01. St. James’s Place has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1,061.50 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 1,575.50. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 1,252.56 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 1,333.75. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 3.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.73.

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) last released its quarterly earnings data 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%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that St. James’s Place will post 67.9947461 earnings per share for the current year.

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.