St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) have earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six analysts that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,572.50.

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,900 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Citigroup increased their price objective on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,510 to GBX 1,590 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,600 to GBX 1,620 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,160 to GBX 1,600 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th.

St. James’s Place Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of STJ stock opened at GBX 1,442.67 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10. St. James’s Place has a twelve month low of GBX 741.40 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,462.50. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 1,358.81 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 1,294.21. The stock has a market cap of £7.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.30, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23.

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.