Lancashire (LRE) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company also provides Marine Builders Risk, marine hull, total loss and war, mortgagees interests insurance, mortgagees additional perils, excess protection and indemnity, marine war, and builder's risks; and energy insurance products covering upstream operational, downstream and onshore operational, and upstream construction all risks business. In addition, it offers property reinsurance, specialty and casualty reinsurance, and marine reinsurance; accident and health insurance, as well as consortia arrangements within Lloyd; and general insurance, support, insurance agency, line brokerage, Lloyd's managing agency and service, and insurance mediation services. Lancashire Holdings Limited was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 607 to 623
• 50-Day Range: 585 to 639
• 52-Week Range: 505 to 721
• Volume: 1.44 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.28 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.49 billion
• P/E Ratio: 670.65
• Dividend Yield: 0.04%
• Price Target: GBX 690.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Lancashire Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lancashire scored higher than 57% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Lancashire has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Lancashire has a consensus price target of GBX 690.25, representing about 11.9% upside from its current price of GBX 617.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lancashire has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lancashire is 670.65, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 280.63.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Lancashire is 670.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 1,776.55.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Lancashire has a PEG Ratio of 0.21. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lancashire has a P/B Ratio of 1.01. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for LRE.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Lancashire pays a meaningful dividend of 3.05%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Lancashire does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Lancashire is 25.86%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for LRE.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Lancashire this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Lancashire insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £12,299 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.61% of the stock of Lancashire is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

63.43% of the stock of Lancashire is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LRE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LRE shares performed this year?

Lancashire's stock was trading at GBX 659 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LRE shares have decreased by 6.4% and is now trading at GBX 617.

How do I buy shares of Lancashire?

Shares of LRE stock 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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Lancashire own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Lancashire investors own include Centamin (CEY), InterDigital (IDCC), Playtech (PTEC), Stag Industrial (STAG), Tullow Oil (TLW), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) and Bioventix (BVXP).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Insurance - Specialty
• Sub-Industry: Construction
• Current Symbol: LON:LRE
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.lancashiregroup.com
• Phone: +44-20-72644000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 393
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Lancashire: GBX 690.25
• High Price Target: GBX 750
• Low Price Target: GBX 645
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.40
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.92
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 670.65
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.23
• P/E Growth: 0.21
• Net Income: £199.02 million
• Net Margins: 37.12%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 10.76%
• Return on Assets: 6.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 31.26
• Current Ratio: 33.62
• Quick Ratio: 1.18

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.82
• Cash Flow: GBX 284.48 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.17
• Book Value: GBX 613.19 per share
• Price / Book: 1.01

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 242,008,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.49 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.62