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

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of YouGov from GBX 385 to GBX 375 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Berenberg Bank dropped their target price on shares of YouGov from GBX 760 to GBX 600 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price target on YouGov from GBX 565 to GBX 438 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 471.

YouGov Trading Down 5.1%

The stock has a market cap of £328.73 million, a P/E ratio of 24.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.06. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 282.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 317.37. 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 announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 14th. The company reported GBX 31.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. YouGov had a negative net margin of 0.69% and a negative return on equity of 1.23%. Equities research analysts anticipate that YouGov plc will post 41.8853256 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at YouGov

In other news, insider Ian Griffiths purchased 19,216 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 14th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 260 per share, for a total transaction of £49,961.60. Also, insider Stephan Shakespeare acquired 86,715 shares of YouGov stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 28th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 346 per share, for a total transaction of £300,033.90. Over the last three months, insiders bought 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.