Experian (LON:EXPN) Receives “Buy” Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group restated their buy rating on shares of Experian (LON:EXPN) in a report issued on Thursday, MarketBeat.com reports. The firm currently has a GBX 4,020 ($50.04) price target on the stock.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on EXPN. Shore Capital reaffirmed a buy rating on shares of Experian in a report on Wednesday, December 20th. Barclays reaffirmed an overweight rating and set a GBX 3,600 ($44.82) price objective on shares of Experian in a report on Friday, February 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Experian currently has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and an average target price of GBX 3,394 ($42.25).

Experian Stock Performance

Shares of EXPN opened at GBX 3,157.50 ($39.31) on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92. The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 3,381.10 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 3,106.47. The firm has a market cap of £29.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,602.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.64. Experian has a 12 month low of GBX 2,366 ($29.45) and a 12 month high of GBX 3,530 ($43.94).

Experian Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 4th were issued a $0.18 dividend. This represents a yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 4th. Experian’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4,943.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Experian

In other Experian news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.57), for a total value of £79,275.60 ($98,687.41). Insiders own 0.25% of the company’s stock.

About Experian

Experian plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Business-to-Business and Consumer Services. The company collects, sorts, aggregates, and transforms data from various sources to provide a range of data-driven services.