Lloyds Banking Group plc (LON:LLOY) Insider William Chalmers Purchases 152,181 Shares

Lloyds Banking Group plc (LON:LLOY - Get Free Report) insider William Chalmers bought 152,181 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 20th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 76 ($1.03) per share, with a total value of £115,657.56 ($157,442.91).

Lloyds Banking Group Stock Performance

Shares of LLOY traded up GBX 1.28 ($0.02) on Tuesday, reaching GBX 76.16 ($1.04). The stock had a trading volume of 102,705,422 shares, compared to its average volume of 161,521,641. The firm has a market capitalization of £46.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 74.65 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 66.95. Lloyds Banking Group plc has a 12-month low of GBX 52.44 ($0.71) and a 12-month high of GBX 79.19 ($1.08).

Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, May 2nd. The financial services provider reported GBX 1.70 ($0.02) EPS for the quarter. Lloyds Banking Group had a return on equity of 11.22% and a net margin of 16.66%. On average, analysts expect that Lloyds Banking Group plc will post 7.3199528 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

LLOY has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Shore Capital reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Lloyds Banking Group in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Citigroup increased their price objective on Lloyds Banking Group from GBX 61 ($0.83) to GBX 71 ($0.97) and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, March 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Lloyds Banking Group from GBX 62 ($0.84) to GBX 71 ($0.97) and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 64.25 ($0.87).

Lloyds Banking Group Company Profile

We are the largest UK retail and commercial financial services provider with over 25 million customers and a presence in nearly every community. The Group's main business activities are retail and commercial banking, general insurance and long-term savings, provided through the largest branch network and digital bank in the UK, with well recognised brands including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows. Our shares are quoted on the London and New York stock exchanges and we are one of the largest companies in the FTSE 100 index.