Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for LPL Financial Holdings Inc.’s Q3 2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:LPLA)

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LPLA) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of LPL Financial in a report released on Tuesday, September 17th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $4.74 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $4.81. The consensus estimate for LPL Financial’s current full-year earnings is $15.90 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for LPL Financial’s Q4 2025 earnings at $5.13 EPS.

LPLA has been the subject of a number of other research reports. TD Cowen upped their price objective on LPL Financial from $243.00 to $255.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Bank of America upgraded LPL Financial from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $268.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 30th. JMP Securities upped their price objective on LPL Financial from $305.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on LPL Financial from $261.00 to $268.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 11th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their price objective on LPL Financial from $290.00 to $215.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $275.27.

LPL Financial Stock Down 2.4 %

LPL Financial stock opened at $215.52 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.16, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.77. LPL Financial has a 12 month low of $187.19 and a 12 month high of $289.88. The firm has a market cap of $16.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.28, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.88. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $216.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $251.88.

LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The financial services provider reported $3.88 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.66 by $0.22. The business had revenue of $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.89 billion. LPL Financial had a return on equity of 52.14% and a net margin of 8.91%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 18.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.94 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On LPL Financial

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. DGS Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of LPL Financial by 2.8% in the first quarter. DGS Capital Management LLC now owns 1,625 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $429,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the period. Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC boosted its stake in shares of LPL Financial by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC now owns 8,152 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,856,000 after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the period. Tortoise Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of LPL Financial by 74.7% in the second quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 131 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. King Luther Capital Management Corp boosted its stake in shares of LPL Financial by 1.0% in the second quarter. King Luther Capital Management Corp now owns 5,860 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,637,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. Finally, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd boosted its stake in shares of LPL Financial by 0.9% in the first quarter. Gulf International Bank UK Ltd now owns 6,410 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,693,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 95.66% of the company’s stock.

LPL Financial Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 9th were given a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 9th. LPL Financial’s payout ratio is 9.06%.

About LPL Financial

LPL Financial Holdings Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides an integrated platform of brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial advisors at enterprises in the United States. Its brokerage offerings include variable and fixed annuities, mutual funds, equities, fixed income, alternative investments, retirement and 529 education savings plans, and insurance.