Informa plc (LON:INF) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Informa plc (LON:INF) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven analysts that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,076.43.

A number of research analysts have recently commented on INF shares. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,030 price target on shares of Informa in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Citigroup dropped their price target on Informa from GBX 1,000 to GBX 850 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 9th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Informa from GBX 1,345 to GBX 1,330 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 12th.

Informa Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of INF opened at GBX 815 on Wednesday. Informa has a 52 week low of GBX 700.40 and a 52 week high of GBX 1,000. The stock has a market capitalization of £10.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,018.75, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 61.56, a quick ratio of 1.70 and a current ratio of 0.44. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 792.77 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 871.63.

Informa (LON:INF) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The company reported GBX 56 EPS for the quarter. Informa had a return on equity of 0.87% and a net margin of 1.64%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Informa will post 59.3240265 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Informa

In other news, insider Stephen A. Carter sold 330,249 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 934, for a total value of £3,084,525.66. Insiders own 0.39% of the company’s stock.

About Informa

Our events, digital products and academic research services connect specialists with knowledge, helping them learn more, know more and do more.

We do this in dozens of specialist markets and subject matter categories, including in Healthcare & Pharma, Technology, Finance, Education, Marketing, Health & Nutrition, Foodservice, and many more.

And we do this through a range of products and services, including major live events, specialist media and content, expert research articles, books and open research platforms, accredited training, buyer discovery services, and digital demand and lead-generation services.