XPS Pensions Group’s (XPS) “Buy” Rating Reiterated at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued their buy rating on shares of XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) in a research report released on Friday, MarketBeat reports. The brokerage currently has a GBX 435 ($5.48) price objective on the stock.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on XPS. Shore Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday. Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 401 ($5.05) price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, XPS Pensions Group has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 356.50 ($4.49).

XPS Pensions Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON XPS opened at GBX 358 ($4.51) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.51, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a current ratio of 1.27. The firm has a market cap of £740.20 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,432.00 and a beta of 0.57. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 330.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 306.23. XPS Pensions Group has a 52 week low of GBX 194.65 ($2.45) and a 52 week high of GBX 377 ($4.75).

XPS Pensions Group Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be issued a GBX 3.70 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. XPS Pensions Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 4,000.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at XPS Pensions Group

In other news, insider Alan Bannatyne acquired 13,033 shares of XPS Pensions Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 349 ($4.39) per share, for a total transaction of £45,485.17 ($57,278.89). Also, insider Snehal Shah sold 66,830 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 335 ($4.22), for a total value of £223,880.50 ($281,929.86). Insiders own 5.14% of the company’s stock.

About XPS Pensions Group

XPS Pensions Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides employee benefit consultancy and related business services in the United Kingdom. It offers pension advisory; independent consultancy; DB master trust schemes; and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) and SSAS pension services. The company also provides pension administer services, such as payroll, scheme administration, outsourcing, payroll, scheme accounting, and scam identification and protection services, as well as member communication, de-risking projects, GMP equalization, data audits and cleansing, and trustee secretarial services.