Experian (LON:EXPN) Stock Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average of $3,141.53

Experian plc (LON:EXPN)’s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 3,141.53 ($39.46) and traded as high as GBX 3,312.17 ($41.61). Experian shares last traded at GBX 3,277 ($41.16), with a volume of 887,105 shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,020 ($50.50) price target on shares of Experian in a report on Thursday, April 18th. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 3,600 ($45.22) target price on shares of Experian in a research note on Friday, February 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 3,394 ($42.63).

Experian Trading Up 0.6 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92, a current ratio of 0.65 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 3,354.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 3,141.53. The company has a market cap of £30.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,682.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.64.

Insider Activity

In other Experian news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.96), for a total value of £79,275.60 ($99,579.95). Insiders own 0.25% of the company’s stock.

Experian Company Profile

Experian plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Business-to-Business and Consumer Services. The company collects, sorts, aggregates, and transforms data from various sources to provide a range of data-driven services.