YouGov (LON:YOU) Stock Price Up 7.4% – Still a Buy?

YouGov plc (LON:YOU) shot up 7.4% during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 298.50 and last traded at GBX 284. 3,217,560 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 313% from the average session volume of 779,654 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 264.50.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have weighed in on YOU. Berenberg Bank reduced their target price on YouGov from GBX 760 to GBX 600 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on shares of YouGov from GBX 565 to GBX 438 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of YouGov from GBX 385 to GBX 375 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 471.

YouGov Trading Down 3.1%

The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 279.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 316.72. The stock has a market cap of £306.46 million, a PE ratio of 23.14, a PEG ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.35.

YouGov (LON:YOU) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 14th. The company reported GBX 31.70 EPS for the quarter. YouGov had a negative return on equity of 1.23% and a negative net margin of 0.69%. As a group, equities analysts expect that YouGov plc will post 41.8853256 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Stephan Shakespeare acquired 86,715 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 28th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 346 per share, with a total value of £300,033.90. Also, insider Alex McIntosh sold 76,486 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total transaction of £260,052.40. Insiders purchased a total of 144,991 shares of company stock valued at $44,998,910 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 13.43% of the company’s stock.

About YouGov

YouGov is an international research and data analytics group.

Our mission is to supply a continuous stream of accurate data into what the world thinks, so that organisations can better serve the communities that sustain them.

Our 22 million registered members provide us with a highly engaged proprietary panel that delivers thousands of data points on consumer opinions, attitudes and behaviour on a daily basis.