Experian (LON:EXPN) Reaches New 12-Month High at $3,899.00

Experian plc (LON:EXPN)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 3,899 ($52.21) and last traded at GBX 3,861 ($51.70), with a volume of 3291155 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 3,874 ($51.87).

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently commented on EXPN. Shore Capital reiterated 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 reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,260 ($57.04) target price on shares of Experian in a research note on Wednesday, June 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 3,502.50 ($46.90).

Experian Trading Up 0.6 %

The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 3,630.43 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 3,547.73. The company has a market cap of £35.89 billion, a PE ratio of 3,985.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a current ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 94.22.

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.