St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ) has earned an average rating of “Buy” from the fifteen brokerages that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 1,209.79 ($15.76).
STJ has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,150 ($14.98) price target on shares of St. James's Place plc in a research report on Tuesday, April 25th. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) restated a “buy” rating on shares of St. James's Place plc in a research note on Thursday, April 20th. Barclays PLC restated an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 1,169 ($15.23) price objective on shares of St. James's Place plc in a research note on Thursday, May 4th. Panmure Gordon upped their price objective on St. James's Place plc from GBX 1,274 ($16.60) to GBX 1,359 ($17.70) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 10th. Finally, HSBC Holdings plc restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 1,280 ($16.68) price objective on shares of St. James's Place plc in a research note on Tuesday, June 13th.
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St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ) traded down 1.30% during trading on Monday, hitting GBX 1211.00. 1,482,639 shares of the company traded hands. St. James's Place plc has a 12-month low of GBX 890.50 and a 12-month high of GBX 1,245.00. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 1,197.98 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 1,124.61. The firm’s market capitalization is GBX 6.35 billion.
The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of GBX 15.41 ($0.20) per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 1.26%.
About St. James's Place plc
St. James’s Place plc is a United Kingdom-based company, which provides wealth management advice, investment management and related services to businesses and individuals across the United Kingdom. The Company’s segments include Life business, Unit Trust business, Distribution business and Other. The Company’s Life business segment offers pensions, protection and investment products through its life assurance subsidiaries.
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