London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) Announces Dividend of GBX 89

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG - Get Free Report) announced a dividend on Thursday, February 27th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 17th will be given a dividend of GBX 89 ($1.18) per share on Wednesday, May 21st. This represents a dividend yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 17th. This is a 117.1% increase from London Stock Exchange Group's previous dividend of $41.00. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

London Stock Exchange Group Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of London Stock Exchange Group stock traded down GBX 30 ($0.40) on Friday, reaching £113.60 ($151.04). The company's stock had a trading volume of 577,523 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,622,955. The company has a market capitalization of £60.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 89.09, 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 8,648.31 ($114.99) and a 52 week high of £121.85 ($162.01). The firm's fifty day simple moving average is £112.85 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is £111.91.

London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 363.50 ($4.83) EPS for the quarter. London Stock Exchange Group had a return on equity of 2.92% and a net margin of 7.93%. Equities analysts anticipate that London Stock Exchange Group will post 405.5009823 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on shares of London Stock Exchange Group from £116 ($154.23) to £125 ($166.20) and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, February 20th.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Michel-Alain Proch sold 9,183 shares of London Stock Exchange Group stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of £111.36 ($148.07), for a total transaction of £1,022,618.88 ($1,359,684.72). Also, insider David Schwimmer sold 4,577 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of £111.44 ($148.17), for a total value of £510,060.88 ($678,182.26). Insiders sold 27,603 shares of company stock valued at $297,844,268 in the last quarter. 5.64% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

London Stock Exchange Group Company Profile

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.