St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Receives GBX 1,499.29 Average PT from Analysts

Shares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) have received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seven brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,499.29.

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 1,475 price objective on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Friday, January 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 725 to GBX 625 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Citigroup upped their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,790 to GBX 1,870 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,350 to GBX 1,375 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd.

St. James’s Place Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of STJ opened at GBX 1,225 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 3.80, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.73. The firm’s 50-day moving average is GBX 1,378.45 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 1,343.98. St. James’s Place has a twelve month low of GBX 741.40 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,575.50. The firm has a market capitalization of £6.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.40, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.02.

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported GBX 99.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a net margin of 1.76% and a return on equity of 37.33%. On average, research analysts predict that St. James’s Place will post 67.9947461 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.