Informa plc (LON:INF) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

Key Points

• Moderate Buy consensus from seven analysts (six buys, one hold) with an average 12‑month price target of GBX 1,097.86.
• Shares opened at GBX 749.40 and sit well below the consensus target and the 52‑week high of GBX 1,000; the stock trades at a high P/E of 136.25 with a market cap of £9.55 billion, reflecting premium growth expectations.
• Insider sale: Stephen A. Carter sold 330,249 shares at GBX 934 (≈£3.08m) in January, and corporate insiders now own 0.39% of the company.

Informa plc (LON:INF - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from the seven analysts that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,097.86.

A number of research firms recently weighed in on INF. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on shares of Informa from GBX 1,345 to GBX 1,330 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Citigroup upped their price target on Informa from GBX 975 to GBX 1,000 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 1,030 price objective on shares of Informa in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st.

Informa Price Performance

INF stock opened at GBX 749.40 on Friday. Informa has a 52-week low of GBX 634.20 and a 52-week high of GBX 1,000. The company has a quick ratio of 1.70, a current ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 61.56. The stock has a market cap of £9.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 136.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.65. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 822.93 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 886.09.

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

Insider Activity

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

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