London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) Given Average Recommendation of “Buy” by Analysts

Shares of London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the six brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 8,347 ($107.95).

LSEG has been the topic of several analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 115 ($1.49) price objective on shares of London Stock Exchange Group in a research note on Tuesday, May 28th. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a £110 ($142.27) price objective on shares of London Stock Exchange Group in a research note on Thursday, April 25th.

Insider Activity at London Stock Exchange Group

In related news, insider Martin Brand sold 57,488 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 9,444 ($122.14), for a total value of £5,429,166.72 ($7,021,684.84). In related news, insider Michel-Alain Proch acquired 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 3rd. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 9,154 ($118.39) per share, for a total transaction of £183,080 ($236,782.20). Also, insider Martin Brand sold 57,488 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 9,444 ($122.14), for a total transaction of £5,429,166.72 ($7,021,684.84). Insiders have sold a total of 14,859,826 shares of company stock worth $136,086,173,921 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 6.35% of the company’s stock.

London Stock Exchange Group Stock Performance

LON LSEG opened at GBX 9,478 ($122.58) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.70, a quick ratio of 0.01 and a current ratio of 1.00. London Stock Exchange Group has a fifty-two week low of GBX 7,784 ($100.67) and a fifty-two week high of £110.80 ($143.30). The stock has a market cap of £50.24 billion, a PE ratio of 6,969.12, a PEG ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 0.35. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 9,374.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 9,214.99.

London Stock Exchange Group Company Profile

London Stock Exchange Group plc operates as a financial markets infrastructure and data provider primarily in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Data & Analytics, Capital Markets, and Post Trade. It operates a range of international equity, fixed income, exchange-traded funds/exchange-traded products, and foreign exchange markets through the London Stock Exchange, AIM, Turquoise, FXall, Matching, and Tradeweb.