Brokerages Set St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Price Target at GBX 1,513.57

Shares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) have been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the seven analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,505.

STJ has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 725 to GBX 625 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 1,475 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Citigroup decreased their price target on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,870 to GBX 1,810 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,350 to GBX 1,375 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,700 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd.

St. James’s Place Trading Down 2.5%

Shares of LON STJ opened at GBX 1,283 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of £6.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.99, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.04. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 1,272.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 1,342.62. St. James’s Place has a 52 week low of GBX 881.60 and a 52 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.

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported GBX 99.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a net margin of 1.76% and a return on equity of 37.33%. On average, research analysts predict 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.