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

Shares of Experian plc (LON:EXPN) have earned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation and five have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,502.50 ($46.19).

EXPN has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Shore Capital reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a report on Tuesday, July 16th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,260 ($56.18) price target on shares of Experian in a research report on Wednesday, June 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Experian in a report on Friday.

Insider Buying and Selling at Experian

In related news, insider Lloyd Pitchford sold 57,039 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,640 ($48.00), for a total value of £2,076,219.60 ($2,737,992.35). Company insiders own 0.19% of the company’s stock.

Experian Price Performance

EXPN opened at GBX 3,684 ($48.58) on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 3,603.30 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 3,505.56. The company has a current ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 94.22. Experian has a 1 year low of GBX 2,366 ($31.20) and a 1 year high of GBX 3,796 ($50.06). The stock has a market cap of £33.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,721.21, a PEG ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 0.71.

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.