Experian (LON:EXPN) Share Price Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average of $3,141.53

Shares of Experian plc (LON:EXPN) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 3,141.53 ($39.46) and traded as high as GBX 3,312.17 ($41.61). Experian shares last traded at GBX 3,277 ($41.16), with a volume of 887,105 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

EXPN has been the topic of a number of research reports. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,020 ($50.50) price objective on shares of Experian in a report on Thursday, April 18th. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 3,600 ($45.22) price target on shares of Experian in a research report on Friday, February 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 3,394 ($42.63).

Experian Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92, a current ratio of 0.65 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The company has a market cap of £30.11 billion, a PE ratio of 3,682.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 3,351.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 3,145.18.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Experian news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.96), for a total value of £79,275.60 ($99,579.95). 0.25% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Experian

Experian plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Business-to-Business and Consumer Services. The company collects, sorts, aggregates, and transforms data from various sources to provide a range of data-driven services.