St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ) Receives Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

Key Points

• St. James's Place plc has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from six research firms, with five analysts recommending to buy the stock.
• The average 12-month price target for the stock among brokers is GBX 1,555.83, with recent targets ranging from GBX 1,075 to GBX 1,900.
• As of recent trading, shares of St. James's Place were up by 1.9%, reaching GBX 1,328, with a 52-week high of GBX 1,377.

Shares of St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ - Get Free Report) have earned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the six research firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,555.83.

STJ has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Berenberg Bank increased their target price on shares of St. James's Place from GBX 1,300 to GBX 1,650 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on St. James's Place from GBX 1,025 to GBX 1,075 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their target price on St. James's Place from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,900 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Citigroup lifted their price objective on St. James's Place from GBX 1,400 to GBX 1,510 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on St. James's Place from GBX 1,550 to GBX 1,600 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th.

St. James's Place Stock Up 1.9%

Shares of STJ traded up GBX 24.50 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting GBX 1,328. 16,694,752 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,327,534. St. James's Place has a 52 week low of GBX 741.40 and a 52 week high of GBX 1,377. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10, a current ratio of 0.60 and a quick ratio of 3.85. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 1,278.46 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 1,150.74. The company has a market cap of £6.91 billion, a PE ratio of 14.08, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23.

St. James's Place (LON:STJ - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported GBX 52 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, research analysts forecast that St. James's Place will post 67.9947461 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

St. James's Place Company Profile

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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