NYSE:LM - Legg Mason Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Legg Mason Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $35.81 -0.75 (-2.05 %) (As of 12/15/2019 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Today's Range$35.55Now: $35.81▼$36.6950-Day Range$35.63MA: $38.15▼$39.4852-Week Range$23.25Now: $35.81▼$40.27Volume705,879 shsAverage Volume490,940 shsMarket Capitalization$3.11 billionP/E Ratio11.78Dividend Yield4.38%Beta1.49 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email Legg Mason, Inc is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides investment management and related services to company-sponsored mutual funds and other investment vehicles including pension funds, foundations, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, private banks, family offices, individuals, as well as to global, institutional, and retail clients. Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Investment advice Sub-IndustryAsset Management & Custody Banks SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:LM Previous Symbol CUSIP52490110 CIK704051 Webhttp://www.leggmason.com/ Phone410-539-0000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.61 Current Ratio2.22 Quick Ratio1.53Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio11.78 Forward P/E Ratio9.89 P/E Growth0.88 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$2.90 billion Price / Sales1.07 Cash Flow$9.35 per share Price / Cash Flow3.83 Book Value$43.14 per share Price / Book0.83Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$3.04 Net Income$-28,510,000.00 Net Margins-1.93% Return on Equity7.67% Return on Assets3.65%Miscellaneous Employees3,246 Outstanding Shares86,800,000Market Cap$3.11 billion Next Earnings Date2/3/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable Receive LM News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for LM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. LM Rates by TradingView Legg Mason (NYSE:LM) Frequently Asked Questions What is Legg Mason's stock symbol? Legg Mason trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LM." How often does Legg Mason pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Legg Mason? Legg Mason announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 24th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, January 20th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.47%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 23rd. View Legg Mason's Dividend History. How were Legg Mason's earnings last quarter? Legg Mason Inc (NYSE:LM) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The asset manager reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.09. The asset manager earned $743.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $720.83 million. Legg Mason had a positive return on equity of 7.67% and a negative net margin of 1.93%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.82 EPS. View Legg Mason's Earnings History. When is Legg Mason's next earnings date? Legg Mason is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Legg Mason. What price target have analysts set for LM? 10 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Legg Mason's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Legg Mason's share price to reach $34.11 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Legg Mason. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Legg Mason? 10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Legg Mason in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Legg Mason. Has Legg Mason been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about LM stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Legg Mason earned a daily sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the asset manager a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Legg Mason. Are investors shorting Legg Mason? Legg Mason saw a decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,440,000 shares, a decrease of 18.1% from the September 30th total of 2,980,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 577,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Legg Mason's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Legg Mason's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Legg Mason include BlackRock (BLK), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), State Street (STT), Northern Trust (NTRS), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Ares Capital (ARCC), Invesco (IVZ), Eaton Vance (EV), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Federated Investors (FII), Cohen & Steers (CNS) and Main Street Capital (MAIN). What other stocks do shareholders of Legg Mason own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Legg Mason investors own include AbbVie (ABBV), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Diebold Nixdorf (DBD), Chicago Bridge & Iron (CBI), KKR & Co Inc (KKR), Philip Morris International (PM), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Altria Group (MO) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC). Who are Legg Mason's key executives? Legg Mason's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Joseph A. Sullivan, Chairman, Pres & CEO (Age 61)Mr. Peter Hamilton Nachtwey, CFO & Sr. EVP (Age 63)Mr. Thomas Clifton Merchant, Gen. Counsel, Exec. VP & Corp. Sec. (Age 51)Mr. Terence Johnson, Head of Global Distribution & Exec. VP (Age 46)Mr. Thomas Karl Hoops, Head of Bus. Devel. (Age 54) Who are Legg Mason's major shareholders? Legg Mason's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (2.54%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.97%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (1.13%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.01%), Millennium Management LLC (0.92%) and Stifel Financial Corp (0.80%). Company insiders that own Legg Mason stock include Frances Cashman, Joseph A Sullivan, Patricia Lattin, Peter Nachtwey, Terence Johnson, Thomas C Merchant and Ursula Schliessler. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Legg Mason. Which major investors are selling Legg Mason stock? LM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, WBI Investments Inc., Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, State Street Corp, Radin Capital Partners Inc., West Coast Financial LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Graybill Bartz & Assoc Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Legg Mason company stock in the last year include Joseph A Sullivan, Peter Nachtwey, Terence Johnson, Thomas C Merchant and Ursula Schliessler. View Insider Buying and Selling for Legg Mason. Which major investors are buying Legg Mason stock? LM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Stifel Financial Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Voloridge Investment Management LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Legg Mason. How do I buy shares of Legg Mason? Shares of LM 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. What is Legg Mason's stock price today? One share of LM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.81. How big of a company is Legg Mason? Legg Mason has a market capitalization of $3.11 billion and generates $2.90 billion in revenue each year. The asset manager earns $-28,510,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $3.04 on an earnings per share basis. Legg Mason employs 3,246 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Legg Mason. What is Legg Mason's official website? The official website for Legg Mason is http://www.leggmason.com/. How can I contact Legg Mason? Legg Mason's mailing address is 100 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, BALTIMORE MD, 21202. The asset manager can be reached via phone at 410-539-0000 or via email at [email protected] MarketBeat Community Rating for Legg Mason (NYSE LM)Community Ranking: 2.0 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 462 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 666 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 1,128MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Legg Mason and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe LM will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe LM will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. This page was last updated on 12/15/2019 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: Trading Ex-Dividend Strategy