London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) Insider Michel-Alain Proch Sells 5,304 Shares

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) insider Michel-Alain Proch sold 5,304 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 8,557, for a total value of £453,863.28.

London Stock Exchange Group Stock Performance

LSEG stock opened at GBX 8,756 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.24, a current ratio of 229.64 and a quick ratio of 0.01. London Stock Exchange Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 6,684 and a 1 year high of £118.95. The company has a market cap of £44.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 47.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.42. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 8,327.32 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 8,657.90.

London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported GBX 420.60 EPS for the quarter. London Stock Exchange Group had a return on equity of 6.10% and a net margin of 13.41%. On average, equities analysts forecast that London Stock Exchange Group plc will post 405.5009823 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on LSEG shares. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a £115 price objective on shares of London Stock Exchange Group in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of London Stock Exchange Group from £119 to £114 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of London Stock Exchange Group from £133 to £131 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a £135 price target on shares of London Stock Exchange Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of London Stock Exchange Group from £131 to £132 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of £122.

About London Stock Exchange Group

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider that operates connected businesses to serve customers across the entire financial markets value chain.

With capabilities in data, indices and analytics, capital formation, trade execution, clearing and risk management, we operate at the heart of the world’s financial ecosystem and enable the sustainable growth and stability of our customers and their communities.

Together, our five business divisions – Data and Analytics, FTSE Russell, Risk Intelligence, Capital Markets and Post Trade – offer customers seamless access to global financial markets, across the trading lifecycle.

LSEG is headquartered in London and has a major presence throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and emerging markets.