St. James's Place (STJ) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

We plan, grow and protect the financial futures of over one million clients across the UK by providing holistic advice-led wealth management, delivered exclusively by the Partnership, our group of more than 4,900 highly skilled advisers. We offer an integrated client proposition, through which we provide financial advice, investment product wrappers such as pensions, investment bonds and ISAs, and offer our own range of investment funds and portfolios.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 1,270.65 to 1,318.50
• 50-Day Range: 1,210 to 1,350.97
• 52-Week Range: 741.40 to 1,377
• Volume: 1.20 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.26 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £6.78 billion
• P/E Ratio: 1,382.29
• Dividend Yield: 0.01%
• Price Target: GBX 1,547
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

St. James's Place Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

St. James's Place scored higher than 60% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

St. James's Place has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 1,547, representing about 18.7% upside from its current price of GBX 1,303.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

St. James's Place has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of St. James's Place is 1,382.29, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 219.44.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of St. James's Place is 1,382.29, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 1,223.08.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

St. James's Place has a PEG Ratio of 1.10. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

St. James's Place has a P/B Ratio of 6.52. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for STJ.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

St. James's Place pays a meaningful dividend of 1.33%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

St. James's Place does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of St. James's Place is 19.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.39

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for STJ.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.38

News Sentiment

St. James's Place has a news sentiment score of 0.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for St. James's Place this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added St. James's Place to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, St. James's Place insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.30% of the stock of St. James's Place is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

77.83% of the stock of St. James's Place is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

STJ Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have STJ shares performed this year?

St. James' Place's stock was trading at GBX 867.27 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, STJ stock has increased by 50.3% and is now trading at GBX 1,303.50.

How were St. James' Place's earnings last quarter?

St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 31st. The company reported $52.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. St. James's Place had a negative net margin of 0.02% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.63%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of St. James's Place?

Shares of STJ stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of St. James's Place own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that St. James's Place investors own include International Personal Finance (IPF), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Aviva (AV), Glencore (GLEN), HSBC (HSBA) and Standard Chartered (STAN).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2025
• Today: 10/19/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Asset Management
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:STJ
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sjp.co.uk
• Phone: +44-1285-640302
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,298
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for St. James's Place: GBX 1,547
• High Price Target: GBX 1,900
• Low Price Target: GBX 1,075
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.94
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,382.29
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.17
• P/E Growth: 1.1
• Net Income: -£6.46 million
• Net Margins: -0.02%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -0.63%
• Return on Assets: 0.22%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 55.10
• Current Ratio: 0.60
• Quick Ratio: 3.85

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £16.94 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.40
• Cash Flow: GBX 1,595.47 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.82
• Book Value: GBX 199.79 per share
• Price / Book: 6.52

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 520,480,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £6.78 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.23