Experian's (EXPN) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Jefferies Financial Group

Experian (LON:EXPN - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "buy" rating reissued by equities researchers at Jefferies Financial Group in a research report issued on Tuesday, Marketbeat.com reports. They currently have a GBX 4,600 ($58.36) price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group's price objective would suggest a potential upside of 27.37% from the company's current price.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on EXPN. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Experian from GBX 4,100 ($52.02) to GBX 4,400 ($55.82) and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Shore Capital reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Experian in a report on Wednesday, November 13th.

Experian Stock Down 0.6 %

EXPN stock traded down GBX 20.35 ($0.26) during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 3,611.65 ($45.82). The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,914,581 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,441,705. Experian has a 52-week low of GBX 3,002 ($38.09) and a 52-week high of GBX 3,978.56 ($50.48). The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 3,811.56 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 3,714.39. 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 has a market capitalization of £33.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,612.38, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 0.72.

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.