YouGov (LON:YOU) Trading 11.7% Higher – What’s Next?

Shares of YouGov plc (LON:YOU) traded up 11.7% on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as GBX 298.50 and last traded at GBX 295.50. 8,050,636 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 905% from the average session volume of 801,230 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 264.50.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on YouGov from GBX 565 to GBX 438 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of YouGov from GBX 385 to GBX 375 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Berenberg Bank cut their target price on shares of YouGov from GBX 760 to GBX 600 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 471.

YouGov Trading Down 3.1%

The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 279.40 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 316.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 130.35. The company has a market capitalization of £306.46 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.14, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.06.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at YouGov

In other YouGov news, insider Alex McIntosh sold 76,486 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total value of £260,052.40. Also, insider Stephan Shakespeare acquired 86,715 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 28th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 346 per share, for a total transaction of £300,033.90. In the last quarter, insiders have purchased 144,991 shares of company stock worth $44,998,910. 13.43% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About YouGov

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.