Jefferies Financial Group Reiterates “Hold” Rating for SThree (LON:STEM)

SThree (LON:STEM)‘s stock had its “hold” rating restated by stock analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, Marketbeat reports. They presently have a GBX 300 ($3.77) price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 14.07% from the company’s previous close.

Separately, Berenberg Bank cut their price objective on SThree from GBX 520 ($6.54) to GBX 390 ($4.90) and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.

SThree Stock Performance

LON:STEM opened at GBX 263 ($3.31) on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.91, a quick ratio of 1.69 and a current ratio of 1.89. SThree has a fifty-two week low of GBX 221.50 ($2.78) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 457.50 ($5.75). The firm has a market cap of £349.53 million, a PE ratio of 626.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.98. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 348.37 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 388.24.

Insider Buying and Selling at SThree

In other news, insider Andrew Beach acquired 9,436 shares of SThree stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 265 ($3.33) per share, for a total transaction of £25,005.40 ($31,437.52). Also, insider Timo Lehne acquired 85,028 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 25th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 375 ($4.71) per share, for a total transaction of £318,855 ($400,873.77). In the last three months, insiders have acquired 100,069 shares of company stock worth $36,313,960. Insiders own 6.23% of the company’s stock.

About SThree

SThree plc provides specialist recruitment services in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics markets in the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France, the United States, Dubai, Japan. The company offers recruitment services for permanent and contract roles, as well as support services.