Experian (LON:EXPN) Hits New 1-Year High at $3,849.00

Experian plc (LON:EXPN) shares reached a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 3,849 ($50.85) and last traded at GBX 3,847.22 ($50.82), with a volume of 9051727 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 3,791 ($50.08).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

EXPN has been the topic of several recent research reports. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a research note on Tuesday, July 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Experian in a research report on Friday, August 30th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,260 ($56.27) price target on shares of Experian in a research report on Wednesday, June 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 3,502.50 ($46.27).

Experian Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £34.83 billion, a PE ratio of 3,850.51, a PEG ratio of 2.31 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. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 3,618.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 3,537.01.

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.