Jefferies Financial Group reiterated their buy rating on shares of Experian (LON:EXPN - Free Report) in a report released on Thursday morning, Marketbeat reports. Jefferies Financial Group currently has a GBX 4,020 ($50.04) target price on the stock.
Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on EXPN. Barclays restated an overweight rating and set a GBX 3,600 ($44.82) price target on shares of Experian in a research note on Friday, February 9th. Shore Capital restated a buy rating on shares of Experian in a research note on Wednesday, December 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus target price of GBX 3,394 ($42.25).
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Experian Stock Down 2.3 %
LON:EXPN traded down GBX 75 ($0.93) on Thursday, hitting GBX 3,206 ($39.91). The stock had a trading volume of 4,943,147 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,616,817. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 0.65. The stock has a market cap of £29.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,592.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.64. Experian has a 1 year low of GBX 2,366 ($29.45) and a 1 year high of GBX 3,530 ($43.94). The firm's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 3,383.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 3,105.78.
Experian Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, January 4th were paid a $0.18 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 4th. This represents a yield of 0.54%. Experian's dividend payout ratio is 4,943.82%.
Insider Activity at Experian
In related news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of Experian stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.57), for a total value of £79,275.60 ($98,687.41). 0.25% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
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Experian plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Business-to-Business and Consumer Services. The company collects, sorts, aggregates, and transforms data from various sources to provide a range of data-driven services.
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