abrdn plc (LON:ABDN) Stock Has Average Target Price of GBX 226.50

Key Points

• Analysts maintain a “Hold” consensus on abrdn, with three hold, two buy and one sell ratings. The average 12-month price target is GBX 226.50, below the stock’s GBX 242.40 opening price.
• abrdn reported quarterly EPS of GBX 8.40, alongside a 28.07% net margin and 7.37% return on equity. Analysts expect full-year EPS of approximately GBX 15.23.
• Company insiders recently bought shares, including Torbjörn Magnusson’s purchase of 80,670 shares worth about £197,642 and Katie Bickerstaffe’s purchase of 8,313 shares.

abrdn plc (LON:ABDN - Get Free Report) has earned an average rating of "Hold" from the six brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have given a hold recommendation and two have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 226.50.

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 210 price objective on shares of abrdn in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 270 price target on shares of abrdn in a research note on Friday, July 31st.

abrdn Price Performance

LON:ABDN opened at GBX 242.40 on Friday. abrdn has a twelve month low of GBX 179.60 and a twelve month high of GBX 265. The company has a market cap of £4.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.70 and a beta of 1.40. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 246.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 232.51. The company has a current ratio of 327.40, a quick ratio of 24.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.77.

abrdn (LON:ABDN - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported GBX 8.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. abrdn had a net margin of 28.07% and a return on equity of 7.37%. Analysts anticipate that abrdn will post 15.2266152 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other abrdn news, insider Torbjörn Magnusson bought 80,670 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 245 per share, with a total value of £197,641.50. Also, insider Katie Bickerstaffe purchased 8,313 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 30th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 240 per share, with a total value of £19,951.20. Insiders own 0.93% of the company's stock.

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