Michelle Cracknell Buys 5,979 Shares of XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) Stock

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) insider Michelle Cracknell acquired 5,979 shares of XPS Pensions Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 20th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 333 per share, with a total value of £19,910.07.

XPS Pensions Group Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of LON:XPS opened at GBX 330.50 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.65, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.51. XPS Pensions Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 275 and a 1 year high of GBX 392. The company has a market cap of £675.76 million, a P/E ratio of 26.65 and a beta of 0.34. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 312.17 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 315.40.

XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, June 18th. The company reported GBX 13 earnings per share for the quarter. XPS Pensions Group had a return on equity of 15.48% and a net margin of 10.11%.The business had revenue of £262.96 million during the quarter.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

XPS has been the subject of a number of research reports. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 440 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research note on Friday, June 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 485 price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 460 price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on XPS Pensions Group from GBX 465 to GBX 430 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 469 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, XPS Pensions Group presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 450.67.

XPS Pensions Group Company Profile

XPS Group is a leading UK consulting and administration business specialising in the pensions and insurance sectors. A FTSE 250 company, XPS combines expertise and insight with advanced technology and analytics to address the needs of over 1,300 pension schemes and their sponsoring employers on an ongoing and project basis. We undertake pensions administration for over one million members and provide advisory services to schemes and corporate sponsors in respect of schemes of all sizes, including 83 with assets over £1bn.