Experian plc (LON:EXPN) Receives Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Experian plc (LON:EXPN) have been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the five ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 3,502.50 ($44.30).

Several brokerages recently issued reports on EXPN. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a research note on Tuesday, May 21st. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,260 ($53.88) price objective on shares of Experian in a research report on Wednesday, June 12th.

Experian Price Performance

LON:EXPN opened at GBX 3,689 ($46.66) on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 3,580.06 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 3,399.55. Experian has a 52 week low of GBX 2,366 ($29.93) and a 52 week high of GBX 3,796 ($48.01). The stock has a market cap of £33.65 billion, a PE ratio of 3,579.61, a P/E/G ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 96.19.

Experian Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 20th will be given a $0.41 dividend. This is a boost from Experian’s previous dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.93%. Experian’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4,466.02%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Experian

In related news, insider Lloyd Pitchford bought 19,090 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 14th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 3,717 ($47.01) per share, with a total value of £709,575.30 ($897,514.93). 0.18% of the stock is currently 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.