St. James’s Place (LON:STJ) Share Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Posted by Geri Gentry on Apr 2nd, 2025

St. James’s Place plc (LON:STJ – Get Free Report) shares passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 890.94 ($11.57) and traded as high as GBX 1,003 ($13.02). St. James’s Place shares last traded at GBX 976.96 ($12.69), with a volume of 2,536,537 shares.

St. James’s Place Stock Performance

The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 1,043.11 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 894.23. 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 firm has a market cap of £5.12 billion, a PE ratio of -793.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.23.

St. James’s Place (LON:STJ – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 73 ($0.95) EPS for the quarter. St. James’s Place had a negative net margin of 0.02% and a negative return on equity of 0.63%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that St. James’s Place plc will post 67.9947461 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

St. James’s Place Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, April 10th will be given a GBX 12 ($0.16) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.17%. This is a positive change from St. James’s Place’s previous dividend of $6.00. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 10th. St. James’s Place’s dividend payout ratio is presently -1,173.40%.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Rooney Anand acquired 10,509 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 6th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 1,032 ($13.40) per share, with a total value of £108,452.88 ($140,829.61). Corporate 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.