PageGroup (LON:PAGE) Earns "Hold" Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

Key Points

• Jefferies reaffirmed its “Hold” rating on PageGroup and set a GBX 205 price target, implying 5.83% upside from the prior close.
• Analyst sentiment is somewhat more positive overall: Deutsche Bank raised its target to GBX 355 and issued a “Buy” rating, while PageGroup’s consensus rating is “Moderate Buy” with an average target of GBX 286.67.
• PageGroup shares opened at GBX 193.70, with the company valued at approximately £603.11 million; its latest quarterly earnings were GBX 1.20 per share.

PageGroup (LON:PAGE - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "hold" rating restated by equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a report released on Wednesday, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 205 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group's price objective would suggest a potential upside of 5.83% from the company's previous close.

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on PageGroup from GBX 210 to GBX 355 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 286.67.

PageGroup Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of LON PAGE opened at GBX 193.70 on Wednesday. PageGroup has a 1 year low of GBX 101.24 and a 1 year high of GBX 259.97. The firm has a market cap of £603.11 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.24, a PEG ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.32, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 1.53. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 210.30 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 161.06.

PageGroup (LON:PAGE - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported GBX 1.20 EPS for the quarter. PageGroup had a return on equity of 5.95% and a net margin of 0.79%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that PageGroup will post 23.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

PageGroup Company Profile

Michael Page Changes Lives… That's our Michael Page Purpose, delivered by c.6,000 people in 34 markets, with a gross profit of over £769.6m in 2025. As a FTSE 250 company, a lot has changed since we were set up in 1976 and the Group continues to grow and evolve. What hasn't changed is our commitment to the success of our clients and candidates, and our own people. Our strategy is geared for the long-term. With world-renowned and fully integrated brands, highly trained and motivated consultants, established professional relationships and access to the best candidates, we use our established database and market-leading approach to data and innovation to pursue our objective of being the leading specialist recruitment consultancy in our chosen markets.

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