Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) Insider Luke Savage Purchases 5,000 Shares of Stock

Liontrust Asset Management PLC (LON:LIO) insider Luke Savage bought 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 21st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 281 per share, for a total transaction of £14,050.

Liontrust Asset Management Trading Down 3.2%

Shares of Liontrust Asset Management stock opened at GBX 269.50 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 310.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 346.65. Liontrust Asset Management PLC has a 1 year low of GBX 221.88 and a 1 year high of GBX 508. The company has a market capitalization of £169.10 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.29, a P/E/G ratio of -1.70 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.48, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.35.

Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 20th. The company reported GBX 18.68 earnings per share for the quarter. Liontrust Asset Management had a net margin of 35.21% and a return on equity of 39.68%. Research analysts forecast that Liontrust Asset Management PLC will post 69.828816 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on LIO. Panmure Gordon restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 500 price objective on shares of Liontrust Asset Management in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on Liontrust Asset Management from GBX 290 to GBX 280 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Peel Hunt restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 435 price target on shares of Liontrust Asset Management in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Berenberg Bank decreased their price objective on Liontrust Asset Management from GBX 340 to GBX 320 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on Liontrust Asset Management from GBX 270 to GBX 260 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 359.

Liontrust Asset Management Company Profile

Liontrust Asset Management Plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm also launches equity, fixed income, , multi-asset and managed funds for its clients. It invests into the public equity and multi-asset markets across the globe. The firm was formerly known as River and Mercantile Investment Management Limited.