St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ - Get Free Report)'s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 951.33 ($12.80) and traded as high as GBX 1,117.50 ($15.04). St. James's Place shares last traded at GBX 1,109 ($14.93), with a volume of 590,326 shares changing hands.
St. James's Place Stock Performance
The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 972.97 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 959.38. The company has a market cap of £6.03 billion, a PE ratio of -934.11, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10.
St. James's Place (LON:STJ - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 73 ($0.98) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. St. James's Place had a negative return on equity of 0.63% and a negative net margin of 0.02%. As a group, analysts anticipate that St. James's Place plc will post 67.9947461 earnings per share for the current year.
St. James's Place Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, April 17th were issued a dividend of GBX 28.40 ($0.38) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 17th. This is a boost from St. James's Place's previous dividend of $12.00. This represents a yield of 1.52%. St. James's Place's dividend payout ratio is currently -1,173.40%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, insider Rooney Anand purchased 10,509 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 6th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,032 ($13.89) per share, for a total transaction of £108,452.88 ($145,966.19). Company insiders own 0.72% of the company's stock.
About St. James's Place
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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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