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

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) has been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the six ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,572.50.

Several brokerages recently commented on STJ. Berenberg Bank boosted their price target on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,300 to GBX 1,650 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 11th. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,510 to GBX 1,590 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,800 to GBX 1,900 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,600 to GBX 1,620 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their price objective on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,160 to GBX 1,600 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th.

St. James’s Place Price Performance

Shares of St. James’s Place stock opened at GBX 1,297 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 0.60. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 1,302.03 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 1,221.24. The firm has a market cap of £6.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23. St. James’s Place has a twelve month low of GBX 741.40 and a twelve month high of GBX 1,378.50.

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.