YouGov (LON:YOU) Trading Up 11.7% – What’s Next?

YouGov plc (LON:YOU)’s stock price was up 11.7% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 298.50 and last traded at GBX 295.50. Approximately 8,050,636 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 905% from the average daily volume of 801,230 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 264.50.

Analyst Ratings Changes

YOU has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on YouGov from GBX 385 to GBX 375 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on YouGov from GBX 565 to GBX 438 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Berenberg Bank cut their price target on shares of YouGov from GBX 760 to GBX 600 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 471.

YouGov Stock Up 11.7%

The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 283.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 317.41. The company has a market capitalization of £346.31 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.15, a PEG ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.35, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.99.

YouGov (LON:YOU) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 14th. The company reported GBX 31.70 EPS for the quarter. YouGov had a negative return on equity of 1.23% and a negative net margin of 0.69%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that YouGov plc will post 41.8853256 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other YouGov news, insider Stephan Shakespeare bought 86,715 shares of YouGov stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 28th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 346 per share, for a total transaction of £300,033.90. Also, insider Ian Griffiths bought 19,216 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 14th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 260 per share, with a total value of £49,961.60. Over the last 90 days, insiders acquired 144,991 shares of company stock worth $44,998,910. 13.43% of the stock is owned by insiders.

YouGov Company Profile

YouGov is an international research and data analytics group.

Our mission is to supply a continuous stream of accurate data into what the world thinks, so that organisations can better serve the communities that sustain them.

Our 22 million registered members provide us with a highly engaged proprietary panel that delivers thousands of data points on consumer opinions, attitudes and behaviour on a daily basis.