Experian (LON:EXPN) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Jefferies Financial Group

Experian (LON:EXPN)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reissued by Jefferies Financial Group in a report issued on Thursday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. They presently have a GBX 4,020 ($50.04) price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target suggests a potential upside of 25.70% from the company’s previous close.

A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 3,600 ($44.82) price objective on shares of Experian in a research note on Friday, February 9th. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a report on Wednesday, December 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 3,394 ($42.25).

Experian Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of EXPN stock opened at GBX 3,198 ($39.81) on Thursday. Experian has a 1 year low of GBX 2,366 ($29.45) and a 1 year high of GBX 3,530 ($43.94). The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 3,377.90 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 3,110.14. The company has a market cap of £29.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,593.26, a PEG ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92, a current ratio of 0.65 and a quick ratio of 0.76.

Insider Buying and Selling at Experian

In other Experian news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.57), for a total transaction of £79,275.60 ($98,687.41). 0.25% of the stock is currently owned by 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.