St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) have been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,572.50.

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on STJ shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,600 to GBX 1,620 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,510 to GBX 1,590 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,160 to GBX 1,600 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. 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 note on Thursday, October 2nd. Finally, Berenberg Bank raised 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.

St. James’s Place Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of LON STJ opened at GBX 1,349.72 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10. The business’s 50 day moving average is GBX 1,296.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 1,210.60. St. James’s Place has a 52-week low of GBX 741.40 and a 52-week high of GBX 1,378.50. The firm has a market cap of £7.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.31, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23.

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.