Brokerages Set Experian plc (LON:EXPN) Price Target at GBX 3,442

Shares of Experian plc (LON:EXPN) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six analysts that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,442 ($43.66).

EXPN has been the topic of several research reports. Shore Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a research report on Tuesday, May 21st. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,260 ($54.04) target price on shares of Experian in a research note on Wednesday, June 12th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Lloyd Pitchford bought 19,090 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 14th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 3,717 ($47.15) per share, for a total transaction of £709,575.30 ($900,133.58). Insiders own 0.18% of the company’s stock.

Experian Trading Down 0.3 %

LON:EXPN opened at GBX 3,686 ($46.76) on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average is GBX 3,564.16 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 3,391.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 96.19, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.76. Experian has a 12 month low of GBX 2,366 ($30.01) and a 12 month high of GBX 3,796 ($48.15). The firm has a market capitalization of £33.62 billion, a PE ratio of 3,578.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.65.

Experian Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 20th will be paid a $0.41 dividend. This represents a yield of 0.93%. This is an increase from Experian’s previous dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 20th. Experian’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 4,466.02%.

About Experian

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.