YouGov (LON:YOU) Stock Crosses Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

YouGov plc (LON:YOU) passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 317.41 and traded as low as GBX 252.18. YouGov shares last traded at GBX 264.50, with a volume of 1,421,575 shares traded.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on YOU shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on YouGov from GBX 385 to GBX 375 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on YouGov from GBX 565 to GBX 438 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Berenberg Bank dropped their price objective on shares of YouGov from GBX 760 to GBX 600 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 471.

YouGov Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.35, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The stock has a market capitalization of £327.93 million, a PE ratio of 24.76, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.06. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 281.20 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 317.11.

YouGov (LON:YOU) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 14th. The company reported GBX 31.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. YouGov had a negative return on equity of 1.23% and a negative net margin of 0.69%. Research analysts expect that YouGov plc will post 41.8853256 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at YouGov

In other YouGov news, insider Alex McIntosh sold 76,486 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total value of £260,052.40. Also, insider Ian Griffiths bought 19,216 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 14th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 260 per share, for a total transaction of £49,961.60. Over the last ninety days, insiders have purchased 144,991 shares of company stock worth $44,998,910. Insiders own 13.43% of the company’s stock.

About YouGov

YouGov is an international research and data analytics group.

Our mission is to supply a continuous stream of accurate data into what the world thinks, so that organisations can better serve the communities that sustain them.

Our 22 million registered members provide us with a highly engaged proprietary panel that delivers thousands of data points on consumer opinions, attitudes and behaviour on a daily basis.