St. James’s Place plc (STJ.L) – What Are Researchers Saying About This Stock?

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,721.86.

A number of equities analysts recently commented on STJ shares. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,700 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Citigroup lowered their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,830 to GBX 1,820 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Berenberg Bank upped their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,945 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 2,050 target price on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Thursday, July 30th.

St. James’s Place Trading Up 0.1%

LON:STJ opened at GBX 1,074 on Friday. St. James’s Place has a twelve month low of GBX 1,011.50 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,575.50. The company has a market cap of £5.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 0.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.04. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 1,101.42 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 1,211.76.

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported GBX 43.30 EPS for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a return on equity of 37.02% and a net margin of 1.25%. As a group, analysts expect that St. James’s Place will post 67.99 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at St. James’s Place

In related news, insider Paul Manduca purchased 3,624 shares of St. James’s Place stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 23rd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,098 per share, for a total transaction of £39,791.52. 1.22% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About St. James’s Place

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.