Jefferies Financial Group Cuts St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) Price Target to GBX 1,700
by Mitch Edgeman · The Markets DailySt. James’s Place (LON:STJ – Free Report) had its price objective lowered by Jefferies Financial Group from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,700 in a research note released on Thursday morning,London Stock Exchange reports. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the stock.
Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 1,475 target price on shares of St. James’s Place in a report on Friday, January 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,350 to GBX 1,375 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Citigroup upped their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,790 to GBX 1,870 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on St. James’s Place from GBX 725 to GBX 625 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 18th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 1,513.57.
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St. James’s Place Stock Performance
LON STJ opened at GBX 1,211 on Thursday. St. James’s Place has a 52 week low of GBX 741.40 and a 52 week high of GBX 1,575.50. The firm has a market cap of £6.28 billion, a PE ratio of 12.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 1,323.02 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 1,341.58. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 3.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 36.73.
St. James’s Place (LON:STJ – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported GBX 99.90 earnings per share for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a return on equity of 37.33% and a net margin of 1.76%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that St. James’s Place will post 67.9947461 EPS for the current fiscal year.
St. James’s Place Company Profile
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.