Experian’s (EXPN) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Jefferies Financial Group

Experian (LON:EXPN)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a report issued on Thursday, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 4,020 ($50.04) target price on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 25.74% from the stock’s previous close.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on EXPN. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a research note on Wednesday, December 20th. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 3,600 ($44.82) price objective on shares of Experian in a research report on Friday, February 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 3,394 ($42.25).

Experian Stock Performance

Shares of LON:EXPN traded down GBX 84 ($1.05) during midday trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 3,197 ($39.80). The stock had a trading volume of 35,069,215 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,041,080. The company has a market capitalization of £29.38 billion, a PE ratio of 3,600.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.64. Experian has a 1 year low of GBX 2,366 ($29.45) and a 1 year high of GBX 3,530 ($43.94). The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 3,383.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 3,105.78. The company has a current ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92.

Insider Buying and Selling at Experian

In other news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of Experian stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.57), for a total transaction of £79,275.60 ($98,687.41). 0.25% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Experian Company Profile

Experian plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Business-to-Business and Consumer Services. The company collects, sorts, aggregates, and transforms data from various sources to provide a range of data-driven services.