LPL Financial Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LPL Financial in the last year. There are currently 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" LPL Financial stock.
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LPL Financial saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,510,000 shares, a decline of 22.6% from the February 28th total of 1,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 629,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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LPL Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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LPL Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LPLA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.36 by $0.17. The financial services provider earned $1.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.53 billion. LPL Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.27% and a net margin of 8.50%.
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LPL Financial's stock was trading at $57.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LPLA stock has increased by 152.8% and is now trading at $146.52.
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LPL Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, March 30th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 15th.
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LPL Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.69%. LPL Financial does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of LPL Financial is 13.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LPL Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.97% next year. This indicates that LPL Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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9 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for LPL Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $74.00 to $203.00. On average, they anticipate LPL Financial's share price to reach $131.85 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.0%.
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171 employees have rated LPL Financial CEO Dan Arnold on Glassdoor.com. Dan Arnold has an approval rating of 87% among LPL Financial's employees.

Some companies that are related to LPL Financial include Morgan Stanley (MS), The Charles Schwab (SCHW), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Raymond James (RJF), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), BGC Partners (BGCP), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Cowen (COWN), Oppenheimer (OPY), Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL), (FBRC) (FBRC) and Global Brokerage (GLBR).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other LPL Financial investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Ford Motor (F), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP) and Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP).

LPL Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LPLA."

LPL Financial's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fulton Bank N.A. (0.02%), TrimTabs Asset Management LLC (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.00%) and Graves Light Private Wealth Management Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own LPL Financial stock include Dan H Arnold, George Burton White, John Andrew Kalbaugh, Matthew Enyedi, Matthew J Audette, Michelle Oroschakoff, Richard Steinmeier, Sallie R Larsen, Scott Seese and Tracy Calder.
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LPLA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold LPL Financial company stock in the last year include Dan H Arnold, George Burton White, Matthew Enyedi, Matthew J Audette, Michelle Oroschakoff, Richard Steinmeier, Sallie R Larsen, and Scott Seese.
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LPLA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Fulton Bank N.A., and Graves Light Private Wealth Management Inc..
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Shares of LPLA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LPLA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $146.52.

LPL Financial has a market capitalization of $11.71 billion and generates $5.62 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $559.88 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.18 on an earnings per share basis.

LPL Financial employs 4,756 workers across the globe.

LPL Financial was founded in 1989.

The official website for LPL Financial is www.lpl.com.

LPL Financial is headquartered at 4707 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA, 92121.

LPL Financial's mailing address is 4707 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA, 92121. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 800-877-7210 or via email at [email protected]