Key Points
- Insider Ben Bramhall sold 302,077 XPS shares at an average price of GBX 340, generating approximately £1.03 million. He also sold 157,182 shares in July for about £519,000.
- XPS shares opened at GBX 341.30 and were down 0.8%, with a market capitalization of approximately £692.94 million. The stock has traded between GBX 275 and GBX 385 over the past year.
- Analysts remain bullish: six analysts rate XPS a “Buy,” with a consensus price target of GBX 451.50, well above the reported trading price.
XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS - Get Free Report) insider Ben Bramhall sold 302,077 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 340, for a total value of £1,027,061.80.
Ben Bramhall also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, July 22nd, Ben Bramhall sold 157,182 shares of XPS Pensions Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 330, for a total transaction of £518,700.60.
XPS Pensions Group Stock Down 0.8%
XPS Pensions Group stock opened at GBX 341.30 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of £692.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.52 and a beta of 0.35. The company's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 320.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 314.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.65, a current ratio of 1.67 and a quick ratio of 1.51. XPS Pensions Group plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 275 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 385.
XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, June 18th. The company reported GBX 13 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of £262.96 million during the quarter. XPS Pensions Group had a net margin of 10.11% and a return on equity of 15.48%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of analysts recently commented on XPS shares. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded shares of XPS Pensions Group to an "outperform" rating and upped their price objective for the company from GBX 430 to GBX 435 in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 440 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 460 target price on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 485 price target on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 469 price target on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of GBX 451.50.
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XPS Group is a leading UK consulting and administration business specialising in the pensions and insurance sectors. A FTSE 250 company, XPS combines expertise and insight with advanced technology and analytics to address the needs of over 1,300 pension schemes and their sponsoring employers on an ongoing and project basis. We undertake pensions administration for over one million members and provide advisory services to schemes and corporate sponsors in respect of schemes of all sizes, including 83 with assets over £1bn.
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