Experian’s (EXPN) Buy Rating Reiterated at Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Experian (LON:EXPN) in a report issued on Friday morning, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The brokerage currently has a GBX 4,600 ($58.62) price target on the stock.

EXPN has been the subject of a number of other reports. Shore Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Experian from GBX 4,100 ($52.25) to GBX 4,400 ($56.07) and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday.

Experian Stock Down 0.5 %

Shares of EXPN stock opened at GBX 3,710 ($47.28) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 94.22, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 0.70. The stock has a market cap of £33.91 billion, a PE ratio of 3,710.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 0.72. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 3,836.56 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 3,711.69. Experian has a 1 year low of GBX 3,002 ($38.26) and a 1 year high of GBX 3,978.56 ($50.70).

Experian Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be paid a $0.19 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. This represents a yield of 0.39%. Experian’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 4,600.00%.

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.