St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) have received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,555.83.

Several brokerages recently issued reports on STJ. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,900 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,160 to GBX 1,600 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,025 to GBX 1,075 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Berenberg Bank increased their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,300 to GBX 1,650 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,550 to GBX 1,600 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th.

St. James’s Place Stock Down 0.2%

STJ stock opened at GBX 1,336.75 on Monday. The company’s 50 day moving average is GBX 1,281.96 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 1,168.95. The stock has a market cap of £6.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.18, a price-to-earnings-growth 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. St. James’s Place has a 1-year low of GBX 741.40 and a 1-year high of GBX 1,377.

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported GBX 52 EPS for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a negative net margin of 0.02% and a negative return on equity of 0.63%. Sell-side analysts predict that St. James’s Place will post 67.9947461 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About St. James’s Place

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.