LON:LRELancashire Share Price, Forecast & News

Lancashire's stock was trading at GBX 701 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LRE stock has increased by 15.2% and is now trading at GBX 807.50. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lancashire in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Lancashire.

Lancashire is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Lancashire.

Lancashire announced a dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 7th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.10 per share on Friday, June 5th. This represents a yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 7th. This is a positive change from Lancashire's previous dividend of GBX 0.05. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Lancashire's dividend history.

11 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Lancashire's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 551 to GBX 1,050. On average, they expect Lancashire's share price to reach GBX 802.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%. View analysts' price targets for Lancashire.

Headlines about LRE stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lancashire earned a media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Lancashire.

Some companies that are related to Lancashire include Trisura Group (TSU), Randall & Quilter Investment (RQIH), ProSight Global (PROS), Home Capital Group (GMICF) and Trisura Group (TRRSF). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lancashire investors own include Centamin (CEY), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Stag Industrial (STAG), Playtech (PTEC), Yamana Gold (YRI), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), Mobileye (MBBYF), Bioventix (BVXP), Eldorado Gold (ELD) and Go-Ahead Group (GOG).

Lancashire trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "LRE."

Shares of LRE and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of LRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 807.50.

Lancashire has a market capitalization of £1.96 billion and generates £493.60 million in revenue each year.

The official website for Lancashire is www.lancashiregroup.com.

Lancashire's mailing address is 29th Fl, 20 Fenchurch Street, LONDON, EC3M 3BY, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-72644000.