XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) Receives GBX 451.50 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) has received a consensus rating of “Buy” from the six research firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 451.50.

XPS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 485 price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 469 price target on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 440 price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research note on Monday. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of XPS Pensions Group to an “outperform” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from GBX 430 to GBX 435 in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 460 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Tuesday, April 21st.

XPS Pensions Group Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of XPS opened at GBX 337 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of £689.05 million, a PE ratio of 27.18 and a beta of 0.34. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.65. The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 318.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 314.68. XPS Pensions Group has a fifty-two week low of GBX 275 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 385.

XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, June 18th. The company reported GBX 13 earnings per share for the quarter. XPS Pensions Group had a return on equity of 15.48% and a net margin of 10.11%.The business had revenue of £262.96 million for the quarter.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Ben Bramhall sold 157,182 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 330, for a total value of £518,700.60. Also, insider Snehal Shah sold 26,879 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total value of £91,388.60. Insiders have sold a total of 489,116 shares of company stock worth $162,017,790 in the last ninety days. 1.11% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

XPS Pensions Group Company Profile

XPS Group is a leading UK consulting and administration business specialising in the pensions and insurance sectors. A FTSE 250 company, XPS combines expertise and insight with advanced technology and analytics to address the needs of over 1,300 pension schemes and their sponsoring employers on an ongoing and project basis. We undertake pensions administration for over one million members and provide advisory services to schemes and corporate sponsors in respect of schemes of all sizes, including 83 with assets over £1bn.