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

Posted by Geri Gentry on Jul 4th, 2026

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ – Get Free Report) has been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven brokerages that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,689.71.

Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 1,400 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research 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 research report on Thursday, April 30th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 2,050 to GBX 2,000 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,800 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,686 to GBX 1,663 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 30th.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Penny James bought 8,418 shares of St. James’s Place stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 1,182 per share, for a total transaction of £99,500.76. Insiders own 1.21% of the company’s stock.

St. James’s Place Stock Performance

LON:STJ opened at GBX 1,303 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.80, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.73. The company has a market capitalization of £6.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 1,193.97 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 1,294.20. St. James’s Place has a twelve month low of GBX 1,114 and a twelve month 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.