XPS Pensions Group (LON:XPS) Shares Cross Above 50-Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

XPS Pensions Group plc (LON:XPS)’s stock price crossed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 347.25 ($4.38) and traded as high as GBX 357.94 ($4.52). XPS Pensions Group shares last traded at GBX 354 ($4.47), with a volume of 2,688,410 shares.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on XPS shares. Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 401 ($5.06) price objective on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Shore Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 435 ($5.49) price target on shares of XPS Pensions Group in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 356.50 ($4.50).

XPS Pensions Group Stock Down 0.6 %

The firm has a market cap of £727.80 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,408.00 and a beta of 0.57. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 348.59 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 315.13. 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 Cuts Dividend

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Snehal Shah sold 66,830 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 335 ($4.23), for a total value of £223,880.50 ($282,570.36). Also, insider Alan Bannatyne acquired 13,033 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 349 ($4.40) per share, for a total transaction of £45,485.17 ($57,409.02). 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.