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

Experian plc (LON:EXPN) crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Experian Trading Up 0.6 %

The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 3,354.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 3,141.53. The company has a market cap of £30.11 billion, a PE ratio of 3,682.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the firm’s 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 corporate insiders.

Experian Company Profile

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.