YouGov (LON:YOU) Stock Price Up 4.7% – Still a Buy?

YouGov plc (LON:YOU)’s stock price traded up 4.7% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 277 and last traded at GBX 277. 1,324,007 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 72% from the average session volume of 771,201 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 264.50.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

YouGov Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.35, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 281.20 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 317.11. The firm has a market capitalization of £310.56 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.45, a PEG ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.06.

YouGov (LON:YOU) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 14th. The company reported GBX 31.70 EPS for the quarter. YouGov had a negative net margin of 0.69% and a negative return on equity of 1.23%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that YouGov plc will post 41.8853256 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other YouGov news, insider Stephan Shakespeare bought 86,715 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 28th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 346 per share, for a total transaction of £300,033.90. Also, insider Alex McIntosh sold 76,486 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total transaction of £260,052.40. In the last 90 days, insiders acquired 144,991 shares of company stock valued at $44,998,910. Insiders own 13.43% of the company’s stock.

About YouGov

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.