Experian’s (EXPN) Buy Rating Reiterated at Shore Capital

Shore Capital reiterated their buy rating on shares of Experian (LON:EXPN) in a report issued on Tuesday, MarketBeat Ratings reports.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a buy rating and set a GBX 4,020 ($51.09) price target on shares of Experian in a research report on Thursday, April 18th. Barclays restated an overweight rating and issued a GBX 3,600 ($45.75) price objective on shares of Experian in a research report on Friday, February 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus target price of GBX 3,394 ($43.14).

Experian Price Performance

LON EXPN opened at GBX 3,711 ($47.17) on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of £33.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,602.91, a PEG ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 96.19, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 3,405.12 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 3,250.01. Experian has a 1 year low of GBX 2,366 ($30.07) and a 1 year high of GBX 3,796 ($48.25).

Experian Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share. This is a positive change from Experian’s previous dividend of $0.18. This represents a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 20th. Experian’s payout ratio is 4,466.02%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Experian

In other news, insider Jonathan Howell sold 2,318 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,420 ($43.47), for a total transaction of £79,275.60 ($100,756.99). 0.18% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Experian

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.