St. James's Place plc (LON:STJ - Get Free Report)'s share price crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 890.94 ($11.49) and traded as high as GBX 1,003 ($12.93). St. James's Place shares last traded at GBX 976.96 ($12.60), with a volume of 2,536,537 shares.
St. James's Place Trading Down 6.5 %
The business's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 1,040.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 896.28. The company has a current ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.10. The company has a market capitalization of £4.50 billion, a PE ratio of -696.70, a PEG ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23.
St. James's Place (LON:STJ - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 73 ($0.94) EPS for the quarter. St. James's Place had a negative return on equity of 0.63% and a negative net margin of 0.02%. On average, analysts predict that St. James's Place plc will post 67.9947461 earnings per share for the current year.
St. James's Place Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 10th will be given a dividend of GBX 12 ($0.15) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 10th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.17%. This is an increase from St. James's Place's previous dividend of $6.00. St. James's Place's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -1,173.40%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, insider Rooney Anand purchased 10,509 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 6th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,032 ($13.31) per share, for a total transaction of £108,452.88 ($139,848.97). Insiders own 0.72% of the company's stock.
About St. James's Place
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We plan, grow and protect the financial futures of over one million clients across the UK by providing holistic advice-led wealth management, delivered exclusively by the Partnership, our group of more than 4,900 highly skilled advisers.
We offer an integrated client proposition, through which we provide financial advice, investment product wrappers such as pensions, investment bonds and ISAs, and offer our own range of investment funds and portfolios.
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