YouGov (LON:YOU) Trading Up 11.7% – Here’s What Happened

YouGov plc (LON:YOU)’s share price traded up 11.7% on Tuesday . The company 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on YOU shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced 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. Berenberg Bank cut their price objective on YouGov from GBX 760 to GBX 600 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on YouGov from GBX 385 to GBX 375 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 471.

YouGov Trading Up 11.7%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.35, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.99. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 282.61 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 317.37. The company has a market capitalization of £346.31 million, a P/E ratio of 26.15, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.06.

YouGov (LON:YOU) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 14th. The company reported GBX 31.70 earnings per share for the quarter. YouGov had a negative return on equity of 1.23% and a negative net margin of 0.69%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that YouGov plc will post 41.8853256 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other YouGov news, insider Stephan Shakespeare acquired 39,060 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 256 per share, with a total value of £99,993.60. Also, insider Alex McIntosh sold 76,486 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total value of £260,052.40. Insiders have bought a total of 144,991 shares of company stock valued at $44,998,910 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 13.43% of the company’s stock.

YouGov Company Profile

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.