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

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven analysts that are covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,689.71.

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Citigroup dropped their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,810 to GBX 1,790 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Berenberg Bank restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,800 target price on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,686 to GBX 1,663 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,700 target price on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a GBX 1,400 target price on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Thursday, April 30th.

Insider Transactions at St. James’s Place

In related news, insider Penny James purchased 8,418 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 1,182 per share, with a total value of £99,500.76. Corporate insiders own 1.21% of the company’s stock.

St. James’s Place Price Performance

Shares of LON STJ opened at GBX 1,190.77 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of £6.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.05, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.01. St. James’s Place has a 12 month low of GBX 1,114 and a 12 month high of GBX 1,575.50. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 1,198.92 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,298.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.73, a current ratio of 3.80 and a quick ratio of 3.85.

About St. James’s Place

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.