Experian plc (LON:EXPN) Insider Sells £2,076,219.60 in Stock

Experian plc (LON:EXPN) insider Lloyd Pitchford sold 57,039 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,640 ($46.35), for a total value of £2,076,219.60 ($2,643,855.34).

Experian Trading Down 0.3 %

EXPN opened at GBX 3,707 ($47.20) on Friday. The company has a market cap of £33.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,599.03, a PEG ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a current ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 96.19. The company’s 50 day moving average is GBX 3,484.26 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 3,340.40. Experian plc has a 1-year low of GBX 2,366 ($30.13) and a 1-year high of GBX 3,796 ($48.34).

Experian Increases Dividend

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently commented on EXPN shares. Shore Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a research note on Tuesday, May 21st. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 4,260 ($54.25) target price on shares of Experian in a report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 3,442 ($43.83).

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.