Experian plc (LON:EXPN) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of Experian plc (LON:EXPN) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 3,502.50 ($46.90).

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on EXPN. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,260 ($57.04) price target on shares of Experian in a research report on Wednesday, June 12th. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a report on Tuesday, July 16th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Experian in a research report on Friday, August 30th.

Experian Price Performance

Shares of Experian stock opened at GBX 3,916 ($52.44) on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 3,630.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 3,547.73. Experian has a twelve month low of GBX 2,366 ($31.68) and a twelve month high of GBX 3,965 ($53.09). The stock has a market capitalization of £35.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,985.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 94.22.

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.