SThree (LON:STEM) Earns Hold Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

SThree (LON:STEM)‘s stock had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by stock analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. They currently have a GBX 300 ($3.77) price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target would indicate a potential upside of 14.07% from the company’s previous close.

Separately, Berenberg Bank cut their price objective on SThree from GBX 520 ($6.54) to GBX 390 ($4.90) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.

SThree Price Performance

Shares of LON:STEM opened at GBX 263 ($3.31) on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of £349.53 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 626.19, a P/E/G ratio of 0.75 and a beta of 0.98. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 348.37 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 388.24. SThree has a fifty-two week low of GBX 221.50 ($2.78) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 457.50 ($5.75). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.91, a quick ratio of 1.69 and a current ratio of 1.89.

Insider Transactions at SThree

In related news, insider Andrew Beach purchased 9,436 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 265 ($3.33) per share, for a total transaction of £25,005.40 ($31,437.52). Also, insider Elaine O’Donnell acquired 5,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 14th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 344 ($4.32) per share, for a total transaction of £18,920 ($23,786.77). Insiders have bought 100,069 shares of company stock valued at $36,313,960 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 6.23% of the company’s stock.

About SThree

SThree plc provides specialist recruitment services in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics markets in the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, France, the United States, Dubai, Japan. The company offers recruitment services for permanent and contract roles, as well as support services.