St. James's Place (LON:STJ) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 931.01 ($12.39) and traded as high as GBX 1,042 ($13.86). St. James's Place shares last traded at GBX 1,024.46 ($13.63), with a volume of 5,436,907 shares.

St. James's Place Price Performance

The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 950.76 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 931.01. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10. The stock has a market capitalization of £5.54 billion, a P/E ratio of -858.65, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23.

St. James's Place (LON:STJ - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 73 ($0.97) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. St. James's Place had a negative net margin of 0.02% and a negative return on equity of 0.63%. On average, analysts expect that St. James's Place plc will post 67.9947461 EPS for the current year.

St. James's Place Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 17th were issued a dividend of GBX 28.40 ($0.38) per share. This is an increase from St. James's Place's previous dividend of $12.00. This represents a dividend yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 17th. St. James's Place's dividend payout ratio is presently -1,173.40%.

Insider Activity at St. James's Place

In other news, insider Rooney Anand purchased 10,509 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 6th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,032 ($13.73) per share, with a total value of £108,452.88 ($144,276.81). 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About St. James's Place

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.

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