Experian plc (EXPN) To Go Ex-Dividend on June 20th

Experian plc (LON:EXPN) declared a dividend on Wednesday, May 15th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, June 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Friday, July 19th. This represents a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 20th. This is a boost from Experian’s previous dividend of $0.18. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Experian Stock Performance

Shares of LON:EXPN opened at GBX 3,709.76 ($47.14) on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of £33.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,583.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.65. Experian has a 52 week low of GBX 2,366 ($30.06) and a 52 week high of GBX 3,796 ($48.23). The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 96.19. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 3,490.58 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 3,352.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Lloyd Pitchford purchased 19,090 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 14th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,717 ($47.23) per share, with a total value of £709,575.30 ($901,620.46). Corporate insiders own 0.18% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Shore Capital reissued 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 ($54.13) price objective on shares of Experian in a research note on Wednesday, June 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Experian has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 3,442 ($43.74).

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.