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

PageGroup (LON:PAGE)‘s stock had its “hold” rating restated by equities researchers at Jefferies Financial Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 205 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 5.94% 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 report on Wednesday, September 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 286.67.

PageGroup Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of PageGroup stock traded up GBX 1.20 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching GBX 193.50. The stock had a trading volume of 543,532 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,144,109. PageGroup has a 1 year low of GBX 101.24 and a 1 year high of GBX 259.97. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 210.41 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 161.44. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.32. The firm has a market capitalization of £602.49 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.20, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.03.

PageGroup (LON:PAGE) last issued its 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%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that PageGroup will post 23.59 earnings per share for the current 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.