LPL Financial Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:LPLA)

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

LPL Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, August 23rd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 12th. View LPL Financial's Dividend History.

LPL Financial declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, December 7th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $359,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The financial services provider reported $1.85 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.73 by $0.12. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.40 billion. LPL Financial had a return on equity of 57.63% and a net margin of 9.77%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.30 earnings per share. View LPL Financial's Earnings History.

LPL Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for LPL Financial.

LPL Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for LPL Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $98.00. On average, they expect LPL Financial's stock price to reach $87.19 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for LPL Financial.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LPL Financial in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LPL Financial.

Media stories about LPLA stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. LPL Financial earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider 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 next several days. View News Stories for LPL Financial.

LPL Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,330,000 shares, an increase of 12.7% from the August 30th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 678,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View LPL Financial's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other LPL Financial investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AT&T (T), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), SandRidge Permian Trust (PER), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund (CLM), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Navios Maritime Midstream Partners (NAP) and Government Properties Income Trust (GOV).

LPL Financial's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.39%), Three Peaks Capital Management LLC (0.07%), Northpointe Capital LLC (0.06%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.05%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.05%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own LPL Financial stock include Dan H Arnold, George Burton White, James S Riepe, John Andrew Kalbaugh, Marco Hellman, Matthew J Audette, Michelle Oroschakoff, Sallie R Larsen, Thomas Gooley, Tracy Calder and William P Jr Morrissey. View Institutional Ownership Trends for LPL Financial.

LPLA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Northpointe Capital LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC and Hennessy Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold LPL Financial company stock in the last year include Dan H Arnold, George Burton White, James S Riepe, John Andrew Kalbaugh, Matthew J Audette, Michelle Oroschakoff, Thomas Gooley and Tracy Calder. View Insider Buying and Selling for LPL Financial.

LPLA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Coastal Investment Advisors Inc., Garrett Wealth Advisory Group LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC and First Hawaiian Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for LPL Financial.

Shares of LPLA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LPLA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.78.

LPL Financial has a market capitalization of $6.40 billion and generates $5.19 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $439.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.33 on an earnings per share basis. LPL Financial employs 4,229 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About LPL Financial.

The official website for LPL Financial is http://www.lpl.com/.

LPL Financial's mailing address is 75 STATE STREET, BOSTON MA, 02109. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 617-423-3644 or via email at [email protected]