St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) Insider Paul Manduca Purchases 3,624 Shares of Stock

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) insider Paul Manduca acquired 3,624 shares of St. James’s Place stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 23rd. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,098 per share, for a total transaction of £39,791.52.

Paul Manduca also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, September 23rd, Paul Manduca acquired 2 shares of St. James’s Place stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 1,125 per share, for a total transaction of GBX 2,250.

St. James’s Place Stock Performance

Shares of STJ traded down GBX 37.50 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 1,059.50. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 155,738,453 shares, compared to its average volume of 25,245,916. St. James’s Place plc has a 1-year low of GBX 1,038.75 and a 1-year high of GBX 1,575.50. The stock has a market cap of £5.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.94, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.01. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 1,129.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 1,187.97. The company has a current ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.04.

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The company reported GBX 43.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a net margin of 1.25% and a return on equity of 37.02%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that St. James’s Place plc will post 67.9947461 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on STJ. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,700 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Citigroup reduced their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,830 to GBX 1,820 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 2,050 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Berenberg Bank boosted their price objective on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,945 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 1,721.86.

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.