Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) Receives Consensus Rating of “Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) have been assigned an average rating of “Buy” from the six brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,533.33 ($32.85).

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Compass Group from GBX 2,600 ($33.72) to GBX 2,800 ($36.31) and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 11th.

Compass Group Trading Up 1.3 %

Compass Group stock opened at GBX 2,547 ($33.03) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 89.31, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 0.78. The firm has a market cap of £43.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,351.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.81. Compass Group has a 1 year low of GBX 1,961.50 ($25.44) and a 1 year high of GBX 2,555 ($33.13). The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,446.19 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 2,309.42.

About Compass Group

Compass Group PLC operates as a food and support services company in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers support services, such as cleaning in hospitals; reception services at corporate headquarters; managing remote camps; grounds and facilities services at schools and universities; and others.