XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) Given Buy Rating at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated their buy rating on shares of XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) in a research report report published on Friday, MarketBeat reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft currently has a GBX 435 ($5.45) price objective on the stock.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on XPS. Shore Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research note on Thursday. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 401 ($5.03) price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 356.50 ($4.47).

XPS Pensions Group Trading Up 0.3 %

XPS Pensions Group stock opened at GBX 358 ($4.49) on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 330.14 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 306.23. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.51. XPS Pensions Group has a 12 month low of GBX 194.65 ($2.44) and a 12 month high of GBX 377 ($4.73). The stock has a market cap of £740.20 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,432.00 and a beta of 0.57.

XPS Pensions Group Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 9th will be given a GBX 3.70 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. XPS Pensions Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 4,000.00%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Snehal Shah sold 66,830 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 335 ($4.20), for a total value of £223,880.50 ($280,657.52). Also, insider Alan Bannatyne purchased 13,033 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 349 ($4.38) per share, for a total transaction of £45,485.17 ($57,020.40). Corporate insiders own 5.14% of the company’s stock.

XPS Pensions Group Company Profile

XPS Pensions Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides employee benefit consultancy and related business services in the United Kingdom. It offers pension advisory; independent consultancy; DB master trust schemes; and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) and SSAS pension services. The company also provides pension administer services, such as payroll, scheme administration, outsourcing, payroll, scheme accounting, and scam identification and protection services, as well as member communication, de-risking projects, GMP equalization, data audits and cleansing, and trustee secretarial services.