XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) Insider Sells £1,027,061.80 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider selling: Ben Bramhall sold 302,077 XPS Pensions Group shares at GBX 340 each, generating £1.03 million. He also sold £518,701 worth of shares in July.
• Financial performance: XPS reported quarterly EPS of GBX 13 and revenue of £262.96 million, with a 10.11% net margin and 15.48% return on equity.
• Analyst outlook remains positive: All six covering analysts rate the stock a Buy, with a consensus price target of GBX 451.50 versus a recent price of GBX 343.50.

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS - Get Free Report) insider Ben Bramhall sold 302,077 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total transaction of £1,027,061.80.

Ben Bramhall also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, July 22nd, Ben Bramhall sold 157,182 shares of XPS Pensions Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 330, for a total transaction of £518,700.60.

XPS Pensions Group Stock Down 0.1%

XPS Pensions Group stock opened at GBX 343.50 on Monday. The company has a market cap of £697.41 million, a P/E ratio of 27.70 and a beta of 0.34. XPS Pensions Group plc has a 1-year low of GBX 275 and a 1-year high of GBX 385. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 319.45 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 314.64. The company has a current ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.65.

XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 18th. The company reported GBX 13 EPS for the quarter. XPS Pensions Group had a net margin of 10.11% and a return on equity of 15.48%. The firm had revenue of £262.96 million for the quarter.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

XPS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 460 price target on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 485 price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 469 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded shares of XPS Pensions Group to an "outperform" rating and boosted their target price for the stock from GBX 430 to GBX 435 in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 440 price target on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 451.50.

XPS Pensions Group Company Profile

XPS Group is a leading UK consulting and administration business specialising in the pensions and insurance sectors. A FTSE 250 company, XPS combines expertise and insight with advanced technology and analytics to address the needs of over 1,300 pension schemes and their sponsoring employers on an ongoing and project basis. We undertake pensions administration for over one million members and provide advisory services to schemes and corporate sponsors in respect of schemes of all sizes, including 83 with assets over £1bn.

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