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

PageGroup (LON:PAGE)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 205 target price on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target indicates a potential upside of 5.94% from the stock’s current price.

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

PageGroup Trading Up 0.6%

PAGE stock traded up GBX 1.20 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching GBX 193.50. 543,532 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,144,109. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.32. PageGroup has a 52-week low of GBX 101.24 and a 52-week high of GBX 259.97. The company has a market cap of £602.49 million, a P/E ratio of 47.20, a P/E/G ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 210.30 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 161.06.

PageGroup (LON:PAGE) last announced its earnings results 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, sell-side analysts expect 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.