St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) Stock Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Posted by John Perry on Mar 23rd, 2025

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ – Get Free Report) shares crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 878.12 ($11.34) and traded as high as GBX 1,034 ($13.35). St. James’s Place shares last traded at GBX 1,026.95 ($13.26), with a volume of 2,444,233 shares changing hands.

St. James’s Place Stock Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £5.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -860.73, a P/E/G ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a current ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 1,023.62 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 878.12.

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 73 ($0.94) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a negative return on equity of 0.63% and a negative net margin of 0.02%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that St. James’s Place plc will post 67.9947461 earnings per share for the current year.

St. James’s Place Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 10th will be issued a GBX 12 ($0.15) dividend. This is an increase from St. James’s Place’s previous dividend of $6.00. This represents a dividend yield of 1.17%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 10th. St. James’s Place’s dividend payout ratio is -1,173.40%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Rooney Anand bought 10,509 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 6th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 1,032 ($13.32) per share, with a total value of £108,452.88 ($140,029.54). 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About St. James’s Place

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We plan, grow and protect the financial futures of nearly one million clients across the UK by providing holistic advice-led wealth management, delivered exclusively by the Partnership, our group of more than 4,800 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.