Insider Selling: XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) Insider Sells 319,195 Shares

Key Points

• Insider sale: Paul Cuff sold 319,195 XPS Pensions Group shares at GBX 340 each, generating approximately £1.09 million. He also sold 157,182 shares in July for about £518,701.
• Stock performance: XPS opened at GBX 343.50, with a market capitalization of approximately £697.4 million. Its 52-week range is GBX 275 to GBX 385.
• Analyst outlook: All six covering analysts rate XPS a Buy, with a consensus price target of GBX 451.50, well above the reported market price.

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS - Get Free Report) insider Paul Cuff sold 319,195 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total transaction of £1,085,263.

Paul Cuff also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, July 22nd, Paul Cuff sold 157,182 shares of XPS Pensions Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 330, for a total transaction of £518,700.60.

XPS Pensions Group Price Performance

LON XPS opened at GBX 343.50 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.65, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.51. The stock's fifty day moving average price is GBX 319.45 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 314.64. XPS Pensions Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 275 and a 1 year high of GBX 385. The company has a market cap of £697.41 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.70 and a beta of 0.34.

XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 18th. The company reported GBX 13 EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of £262.96 million during the quarter. XPS Pensions Group had a return on equity of 15.48% and a net margin of 10.11%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

XPS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 460 price target on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 469 price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Wednesday, July 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 485 price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of XPS Pensions Group to an "outperform" rating and raised their target price for the stock from GBX 430 to GBX 435 in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 440 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 451.50.

About XPS Pensions Group

XPS Group is a leading UK consulting and administration business specialising in the pensions and insurance sectors. A FTSE 250 company, XPS combines expertise and insight with advanced technology and analytics to address the needs of over 1,300 pension schemes and their sponsoring employers on an ongoing and project basis. We undertake pensions administration for over one million members and provide advisory services to schemes and corporate sponsors in respect of schemes of all sizes, including 83 with assets over £1bn.

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