XPS Pensions Group (XPS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. We also provide wider ranging support to insurance companies in the life and bulk annuities sector.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 294 to 300
• 50-Day Range: 278.50 to 324
• 52-Week Range: 275 to 426
• Volume: 178,618 shs
• Average Volume: 2.07 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £606.24 million
• P/E Ratio: 24.92
• Dividend Yield: 4.19%
• Price Target: GBX 456.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

XPS Pensions Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

XPS Pensions Group scored higher than 74% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

XPS Pensions Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

XPS Pensions Group has a consensus price target of GBX 456.50, representing about 54.2% upside from its current price of GBX 296.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

XPS Pensions Group has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of XPS Pensions Group is 24.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.37.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of XPS Pensions Group is 24.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 77.16.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

XPS Pensions Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.28. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for XPS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

XPS Pensions Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.19%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

XPS Pensions Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of XPS Pensions Group is 100.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

XPS Pensions Group has a news sentiment score of 0.22. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.38 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for XPS Pensions Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, XPS Pensions Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.11% of the stock of XPS Pensions Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

59.79% of the stock of XPS Pensions Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/20/2025
• Today: 5/14/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Personal Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:XPS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.expansys.com
• Phone: +44-845-4677000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,712
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for XPS Pensions Group: GBX 456.50
• High Price Target: GBX 485
• Low Price Target: GBX 420
• Potential Upside/Downside: +54.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 11.90
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.87
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £256.22 million
• Net Margins: 10.51%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 14.67%
• Return on Assets: 7.60%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 53.02
• Current Ratio: 1.77
• Quick Ratio: 1.51

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £246.90 million
• Price / Sales: 2.45
• Cash Flow: GBX 5.92 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 50.00
• Book Value: GBX 90.21 per share
• Price / Book: 3.28

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 204,465,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £605.22 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.35