St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,645.14.

STJ has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,590 to GBX 1,790 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,350 to GBX 1,375 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,725 to GBX 1,726 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 1,475 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Friday, January 16th.

St. James’s Place Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of LON:STJ opened at GBX 1,284 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of £6.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.62, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23. St. James’s Place has a 12-month low of GBX 741.40 and a 12-month high of GBX 1,575.50. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 1,416.51 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 1,342.94. The company has a current ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10.

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.