LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) Insider Purchases £49,618.35 in Stock

LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) insider Adrian Collins bought 23,295 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 213 per share, for a total transaction of £49,618.35.

Adrian Collins also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, May 20th, Adrian Collins bought 7,000 shares of LSL Property Services stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 212 per share, for a total transaction of £14,840.

LSL Property Services Stock Performance

Shares of LSL Property Services stock opened at GBX 215 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 222.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 243.83. The stock has a market capitalization of £213.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.27, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 0.46. LSL Property Services plc has a 12 month low of GBX 204 and a 12 month high of GBX 334. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.75, a current ratio of 2.25 and a quick ratio of 1.06.

LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 24.40 EPS for the quarter. LSL Property Services had a net margin of 9.21% and a return on equity of 20.71%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that LSL Property Services plc will post 24.137931 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Shore Capital Group reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of LSL Property Services in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 361 target price on shares of LSL Property Services in a report on Friday, May 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 360.50.

LSL Property Services Company Profile

LSL Property Services plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of business-to-business services to mortgage intermediaries and estate agency franchisees, and valuation services to lenders in the United Kingdom. The company operates through three segments: Financial Services, Surveying & Valuation, and Estate Agency Franchising. The Financial Services segment offers compliance and other services to mortgage and insurance networks. The Surveying & Valuation segment provides valuations and professional surveying services of residential properties to various lenders and individual customers; data services to lenders; and asset management services, including managing the sale of residential properties on behalf of corporate clients and property investors.