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

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJGet Free Report) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven analysts that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,675.43.

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

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Insider Activity at St. James’s Place

In related news, insider Penny James bought 8,418 shares of St. James’s Place stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,182 per share, with a total value of £99,500.76. 1.15% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

St. James’s Place Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of St. James’s Place stock opened at GBX 1,196.50 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 3.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.73. The firm has a market cap of £6.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.01. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 1,217.34 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 1,315.53. St. James’s Place has a fifty-two week low of GBX 1,067.25 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 1,575.50.

About St. James’s Place

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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.

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