Experian (LON:EXPN) Receives “Buy” Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group restated their buy rating on shares of Experian (LON:EXPN) in a research report released on Thursday, MarketBeat.com reports. They currently have a GBX 4,020 ($50.04) target price on the stock.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on EXPN. Shore Capital reiterated a buy rating on shares of Experian in a report on Wednesday, December 20th. Barclays reiterated an overweight rating and issued a GBX 3,600 ($44.82) price objective on shares of Experian in a report on Friday, February 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of GBX 3,394 ($42.25).

Experian Stock Performance

Shares of EXPN stock opened at GBX 3,157.50 ($39.31) on Thursday. Experian has a 12 month low of GBX 2,366 ($29.45) and a 12 month high of GBX 3,530 ($43.94). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92, a current ratio of 0.65 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The firm has a market capitalization of £29.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,602.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.64. The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 3,381.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 3,106.47.

Experian Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 4th were given a $0.18 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 4th. Experian’s payout ratio is currently 4,943.82%.

Insider Transactions at Experian

In other news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.57), for a total value of £79,275.60 ($98,687.41). Insiders own 0.25% of the company’s stock.

Experian Company Profile

Experian plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Business-to-Business and Consumer Services. The company collects, sorts, aggregates, and transforms data from various sources to provide a range of data-driven services.