YouGov (LON:YOU) Shares Up 11.7% – Time to Buy?

YouGov plc (LON:YOU) shares were up 11.7% on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 298.50 and last traded at GBX 295.50. Approximately 8,050,636 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 905% from the average daily volume of 801,230 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 264.50.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on YOU. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on YouGov from GBX 385 to GBX 375 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on shares of YouGov from GBX 565 to GBX 438 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Berenberg Bank decreased their price target on shares of YouGov from GBX 760 to GBX 600 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, YouGov has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 471.

YouGov Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.35, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 0.77. The company has a market cap of £346.31 million, a P/E ratio of 26.15, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.06. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 282.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 317.37.

YouGov (LON:YOU) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 14th. The company reported GBX 31.70 EPS for the quarter. YouGov had a negative return on equity of 1.23% and a negative net margin of 0.69%. As a group, analysts anticipate that YouGov plc will post 41.8853256 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Alex McIntosh sold 76,486 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total transaction of £260,052.40. Also, insider Stephan Shakespeare bought 86,715 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 28th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 346 per share, with a total value of £300,033.90. Insiders acquired 144,991 shares of company stock worth $44,998,910 in the last three months. 13.43% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

YouGov Company Profile

YouGov is an international research and data analytics group.

Our mission is to supply a continuous stream of accurate data into what the world thinks, so that organisations can better serve the communities that sustain them.

Our 22 million registered members provide us with a highly engaged proprietary panel that delivers thousands of data points on consumer opinions, attitudes and behaviour on a daily basis.