Analyst Lowers PT On Monitise Plc 83%, Says Its Still A Buy

Analysts can sometimes be “fun”. Monitise Plc, the mobile money company, backed by Omega Adviser’s Leon Cooperman, has had a tough year. Year to date the company’s share price has slumped 88% as it has failed to meet any of its key targets. But yet, despite the company’s endless stream of disappointing figures, analysts at BTIG still rate the company a ‘buy’. In fact, until yesterday BTIG had a 12-month price target of 52p on Monitise’s shares. Although, after yesterday’s dismal trading update, analysts have now reduced their 12-month price target to 9p — 221.4% above the current price, but still have…