YouGov (LON:YOU) Trading Up 11.7% – Still a Buy?

YouGov plc (LON:YOU)’s share price traded up 11.7% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 298.50 and last traded at GBX 295.50. 8,050,636 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 905% from the average session volume of 801,230 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 264.50.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have commented on YOU. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of YouGov from GBX 385 to GBX 375 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on shares of YouGov from GBX 565 to GBX 438 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reduced their price target on 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 assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 471.

YouGov Stock Down 3.1%

The firm has a market capitalization of £296.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.35, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 279.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 316.72.

YouGov (LON:YOU) last released its earnings results 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%. On average, equities analysts expect that YouGov plc will post 41.8853256 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other YouGov news, insider Ian Griffiths bought 19,216 shares of YouGov stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 14th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 260 per share, with a total value of £49,961.60. Also, insider Alex McIntosh sold 76,486 shares of the business’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. Insiders have acquired 144,991 shares of company stock valued at $44,998,910 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 13.43% of the company’s stock.

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.