St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts
by Amy Steele · The Cerbat GemShares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ – Get Free Report) have received an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,675.43.
Several equities analysts recently commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,700 target price on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 1,400 target price on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,686 to GBX 1,663 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Citigroup lowered their price objective on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,810 to GBX 1,790 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,800 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Thursday, April 30th.
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St. James’s Place Stock Performance
St. James’s Place stock opened at GBX 1,181.50 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of £6.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.96, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.01. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 1,262.55 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 1,336.77. St. James’s Place has a 52 week low of GBX 1,018 and a 52 week high of GBX 1,575.50. The company has a current ratio of 3.80, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.73.
St. James’s Place (LON:STJ – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported GBX 99.90 EPS for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a return on equity of 37.33% and a net margin of 1.76%. Equities research analysts anticipate 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.