Insider Selling: XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) Insider Sells £1,085,263 in Stock

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS) insider Paul Cuff sold 319,195 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total value of £1,085,263.

Paul Cuff also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, July 22nd, Paul Cuff sold 157,182 shares of XPS Pensions Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 330, for a total transaction of £518,700.60.

XPS Pensions Group Trading Down 0.6%

XPS Pensions Group stock opened at GBX 328 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 321.14 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 314.42. XPS Pensions Group plc has a 52 week low of GBX 275 and a 52 week high of GBX 376.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.65, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.67. The firm has a market capitalization of £665.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.45 and a beta of 0.35.

XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, June 18th. The company reported GBX 13 EPS for the quarter. XPS Pensions Group had a net margin of 10.11% and a return on equity of 15.48%. The firm had revenue of £262.96 million for the quarter.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on XPS shares. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded shares of XPS Pensions Group to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the company from GBX 430 to GBX 435 in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 440 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 469 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 460 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 485 price target on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, XPS Pensions Group currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 451.50.

About XPS Pensions Group

XPS Group is a leading UK consulting and administration business specialising in the pensions and insurance sectors. A FTSE 250 company, XPS combines expertise and insight with advanced technology and analytics to address the needs of over 1,300 pension schemes and their sponsoring employers on an ongoing and project basis. We undertake pensions administration for over one million members and provide advisory services to schemes and corporate sponsors in respect of schemes of all sizes, including 83 with assets over £1bn.