St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) Receives GBX 1,641.57 Consensus Price Target from Brokerages

Shares of St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ) have earned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seven research firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 1,641.57.

Several research firms have issued reports on STJ. Citigroup lifted their target price on St. James’s Place from GBX 1,590 to GBX 1,790 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,725 to GBX 1,726 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 1,475 price objective on shares of St. James’s Place in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,160 to GBX 1,600 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of St. James’s Place from GBX 1,300 to GBX 1,350 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd.

St. James’s Place Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of LON STJ opened at GBX 1,520 on Wednesday. St. James’s Place has a 12-month low of GBX 741.40 and a 12-month high of GBX 1,559.50. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 1,411.25 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 1,326.13. The stock has a market capitalization of £7.90 billion, a PE ratio of 16.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a current ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10.

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.