St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of GBX 1,721.86

Shares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) have been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the seven ratings firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,721.86.

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on STJ shares. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,700 price objective on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,050 target price on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Citigroup cut their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,830 to GBX 1,820 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,945 price target on shares of St. James’s Place in a research report on Friday, October 30th.

St. James’s Place Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of LON STJ opened at GBX 1,130 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.04, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 0.39. St. James’s Place has a 52 week low of GBX 1,011.50 and a 52 week high of GBX 1,575.50. The stock has a market capitalization of £5.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.60, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.02. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 1,092.82 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 1,202.20.

Insider Buying and Selling at St. James’s Place

In other St. James’s Place news, insider Paul Manduca purchased 3,624 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 23rd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 1,098 per share, for a total transaction of £39,791.52. Corporate insiders own 1.22% of the company’s stock.

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.