Lancashire Holdings Limited (LON:LRE - Get Free Report) shares crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 592.87 ($7.99) and traded as high as GBX 638 ($8.59). Lancashire shares last traded at GBX 633 ($8.53), with a volume of 45,066,418 shares traded.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
LRE has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a "neutral" rating on shares of Lancashire in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a GBX 750 price target on shares of Lancashire in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Lancashire from GBX 656 to GBX 696 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Berenberg Bank reissued a "hold" rating and set a GBX 670 price target on shares of Lancashire in a research report on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, Peel Hunt downgraded shares of Lancashire to a "hold" rating and raised their price target for the stock from GBX 630 to GBX 645 in a research report on Thursday, August 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of GBX 690.25.
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Lancashire Stock Performance
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 31.26, a current ratio of 33.62 and a quick ratio of 1.18. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 702.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.21 and a beta of 0.62. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 617.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 593.06.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, insider Bryan Joseph bought 1,200 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 609 per share, for a total transaction of £7,308. Also, insider Philip Broadley bought 4,700 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 637 per share, with a total value of £29,939. Insiders own 4.61% of the company's stock.
About Lancashire
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Lancashire Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides specialty insurance and reinsurance products in London, Bermuda, Australia, and the United States. The company operates through two segments, Reinsurance and Insurance. It offers property direct and facultative, property political risk and sovereign risk, and property terrorism and political violence insurance products; and aviation AV52, aviation consortium, airline hull and liability, and satellite insurance products.
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