St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

Key Points

• Consensus "Moderate Buy": Seven analysts rate St. James's Place an average of Moderate Buy (five buys, two holds) with a 12‑month average price target of GBX 1,513.57.
• Current trading and fundamentals: shares opened at GBX 1,258.50, within a 52‑week range of GBX 838.20–1,575.50, with a market cap of £6.46bn and a P/E of 12.74.
• Analyst views diverge: Citigroup raised its target to GBX 1,870 (buy) while JPMorgan cut its target to GBX 625 (still buy); Jefferies trimmed to GBX 1,700 and UBS/RBC maintain neutral/sector‑perform targets around GBX 1,475–1,375.

St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ - Get Free Report) has been given an average rating of "Moderate Buy" by the seven analysts that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,513.57.

STJ has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Citigroup boosted their price target on St. James's Place from GBX 1,790 to GBX 1,870 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of St. James's Place from GBX 725 to GBX 625 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 18th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on shares of St. James's Place from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,700 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 2nd. UBS Group reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 1,475 target price on shares of St. James's Place in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of St. James's Place from GBX 1,350 to GBX 1,375 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd.

St. James's Place Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of St. James's Place stock opened at GBX 1,258.50 on Monday. St. James's Place has a fifty-two week low of GBX 838.20 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 1,575.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.73, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 3.80. The company has a market capitalization of £6.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.74, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 1,296.72 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 1,341.39.

St. James's Place (LON:STJ - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported GBX 99.90 EPS for the quarter. St. James's Place had a return on equity of 37.33% and a net margin of 1.76%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that St. James's Place will post 67.9947461 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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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