Experian (LON:EXPN) Stock Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average of $3,125.09

Experian plc (LON:EXPN)’s share price crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 3,125.09 ($38.60) and traded as high as GBX 3,278 ($40.49). Experian shares last traded at GBX 3,225 ($39.83), with a volume of 2,066,692 shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently commented on EXPN. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 3,600 ($44.47) target price on shares of Experian in a report on Friday, February 9th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,020 ($49.65) target price on shares of Experian in a report on Thursday, April 18th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 3,394 ($41.92).

Experian Trading Up 0.9 %

The stock has a market capitalization of £29.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,623.60, 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. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 3,369.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 3,125.09.

Experian Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, January 4th were given a $0.18 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 4th. This represents a yield of 0.54%. Experian’s dividend payout ratio is currently 4,943.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Experian

In other Experian news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.24), for a total value of £79,275.60 ($97,919.47). Company insiders own 0.25% of the company’s stock.

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.