LPL Financial (LPLA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LPL Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" LPLA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LPLA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for LPL Financial's shares. Their LPLA share price targets range from $192.00 to $315.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $268.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.6% from the stock's current price.
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LPL Financial's stock was trading at $227.62 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, LPLA stock has increased by 13.8% and is now trading at $259.11.
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LPL Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,260,000 shares, an increase of 21.2% from the March 15th total of 1,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 535,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 30th 2024.
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LPL Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 30th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LPLA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 1st. The financial services provider reported $3.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.33 by $0.18. The financial services provider earned $2.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.55 billion. LPL Financial had a net margin of 10.61% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.68%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $4.21 EPS.

LPL Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 12th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, March 26th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.46%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 11th.
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LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.46%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 8.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LPLA will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.28% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Gerber Kawasaki ETF (GK), Future Fund Active ETF (FFND), iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI), Future Fund Long/Short ETF (FFLS), Proshares Equities For Rising Rates ETF (EQRR), Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NUMG), Global X Guru Index ETF (GURU) and SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE).

171 employees have rated LPL Financial Chief Executive Officer Dan Arnold on Glassdoor.com. Dan Arnold has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.15%), Reinhart Partners LLC. (0.10%), Transform Wealth LLC (0.04%), Winthrop Advisory Group LLC (0.03%), Eagle Rock Investment Company LLC (0.02%) and Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Aneri Jambusaria, Brent Simonich, Dan H Arnold, Edward Fandrey, George Burton White, Kabir Sethi, Matthew Enyedi, Matthew J Audette, Michelle Oroschakoff, Richard Steinmeier, Sallie R Larsen, Scott Seese and William Francis Glavin Jr.
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