Informa plc (LON:INF) Receives Average Rating of “Buy” from Brokerages

Informa plc (LON:INFGet Free Report) has received a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the six ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,135.

Several research analysts have commented on INF shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of Informa from GBX 1,300 to GBX 1,285 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 2nd. Berenberg Bank raised their price target on Informa from GBX 965 to GBX 1,040 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,140 target price on shares of Informa in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Informa from GBX 990 to GBX 1,090 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th.

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Informa Stock Performance

Shares of LON INF opened at GBX 901.23 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 896.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 844.42. The stock has a market capitalization of £11.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.70, a PEG ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a quick ratio of 1.70, a current ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 64.99. Informa has a 52-week low of GBX 719 and a 52-week high of GBX 1,000.

Informa (LON:INFGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported GBX 26.70 earnings per share for the quarter. Informa had a return on equity of 3.90% and a net margin of 5.43%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Informa will post 59.3240265 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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