London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at UBS Group in a report issued on Friday,Digital Look reports. They presently have a £105 price objective on the stock. UBS Group's price target indicates a potential upside of 22.03% from the company's current price.
A number of other brokerages also recently commented on LSEG. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a £135 price objective on shares of London Stock Exchange Group in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on London Stock Exchange Group from £128 to £115 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on London Stock Exchange Group from £129 to £128 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 10th. Citigroup lifted their target price on London Stock Exchange Group from £130 to £132 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a £132 target price on shares of London Stock Exchange Group in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of £124.50.
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London Stock Exchange Group Price Performance
Shares of LON:LSEG opened at GBX 8,604.31 on Friday. The company has a market cap of £44.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 4,633.45, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.41. The company has a quick ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.39. London Stock Exchange Group has a 52 week low of GBX 8,094 and a 52 week high of £121.85. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 8,917.53 and a 200-day simple moving average of £102.82.
London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported GBX 208.90 EPS for the quarter. London Stock Exchange Group had a return on equity of 2.92% and a net margin of 7.93%. Equities research analysts forecast that London Stock Exchange Group will post 405.5009823 EPS for the current year.
London Stock Exchange Group declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, July 31st that authorizes the company to buyback 0 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, insider Lloyd Pitchford acquired 1,500 shares of London Stock Exchange Group stock in a transaction on Monday, August 4th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 9,413 per share, for a total transaction of £141,195. Also, insider Michel-Alain Proch acquired 5,686 shares of London Stock Exchange Group stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 9,340 per share, for a total transaction of £531,072.40. Insiders have purchased a total of 13,862 shares of company stock worth $124,719,964 over the last quarter. 0.29% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
About London Stock Exchange Group
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LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider that operates connected businesses to serve customers across the entire financial markets value chain.
With capabilities in data, indices and analytics, capital formation, trade execution, clearing and risk management, we operate at the heart of the world's financial ecosystem and enable the sustainable growth and stability of our customers and their communities.
Together, our five business divisions – Data and Analytics, FTSE Russell, Risk Intelligence, Capital Markets and Post Trade – offer customers seamless access to global financial markets, across the trading lifecycle.
LSEG is headquartered in London and has a major presence throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and emerging markets.
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