St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) Stock Price Expected to Rise, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Analyst Says

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) had its price target upped by investment analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from GBX 1,725 to GBX 1,726 in a report issued on Wednesday, Marketbeat.com reports. The firm presently has an “overweight” rating on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s target price suggests a potential upside of 14.23% from the stock’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts also recently commented on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,900 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,160 to GBX 1,600 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 1,475 target price on shares of St. James’s Place in a report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,590 to GBX 1,790 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 16th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 1,602.29.

St. James’s Place Stock Performance

Shares of STJ stock opened at GBX 1,511 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 1,385.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,313.76. St. James’s Place has a 12 month low of GBX 741.40 and a 12 month high of GBX 1,538.50. The firm has a market capitalization of £7.86 billion, a PE ratio of 16.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23.

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.