Experian plc (LON:EXPN) Receives GBX 3,502.50 Consensus Target Price from Brokerages

Experian plc (LON:EXPN) has been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,502.50 ($46.19).

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on EXPN shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Experian in a research note on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,260 ($56.18) target price on shares of Experian in a research report on Wednesday, June 12th. Finally, Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a report on Tuesday, July 16th.

Experian Stock Down 0.2 %

LON EXPN opened at GBX 3,678 ($48.50) on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 94.22. Experian has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,366 ($31.20) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 3,796 ($50.06). The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 3,603.30 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 3,506.59. The stock has a market cap of £33.60 billion, a PE ratio of 3,721.21, a P/E/G ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 0.71.

Insider Activity at Experian

In other news, insider Lloyd Pitchford purchased 19,090 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 14th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,717 ($49.02) per share, for a total transaction of £709,575.30 ($935,744.82). 0.19% of the stock is owned by corporate 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.