Experian plc (LON:EXPN) Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Experian plc (LON:EXPN) has been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the six research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,394 ($42.64).

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,020 ($50.50) price objective on shares of Experian in a research report on Thursday, April 18th. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 3,600 ($45.23) target price on shares of Experian in a research note on Friday, February 9th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($42.96), for a total value of £79,275.60 ($99,592.46). 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Experian Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of Experian stock opened at GBX 3,386 ($42.54) on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of £30.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,808.99, a PEG ratio of 1.30 and a beta of 0.64. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 3,347.63 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 3,160.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 102.92, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 0.65. Experian has a one year low of GBX 2,366 ($29.72) and a one year high of GBX 3,530 ($44.35).

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.