London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) Given Buy Rating at Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) in a research report report published on Tuesday,London Stock Exchange reports. They currently have a £110 price objective on the stock.

LSEG has been the topic of several other research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective 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. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a £135 target price on shares of London Stock Exchange Group in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on shares of London Stock Exchange Group from £119 to £114 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price target on shares of London Stock Exchange Group from £133 to £131 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of £121.17.

London Stock Exchange Group Stock Performance

Shares of LSEG opened at GBX 8,864 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of £44.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 47.73, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.42. 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 has a one year low of GBX 6,684 and a one year high of £118.95. The business has a fifty day moving average of GBX 8,226.03 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 8,619.70.

London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported GBX 420.60 earnings per share for the quarter. London Stock Exchange Group had a return on equity of 6.10% and a net margin of 13.41%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that London Stock Exchange Group will post 405.5009823 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at London Stock Exchange Group

In related news, insider David Schwimmer sold 4,600 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 8,778, for a total value of £403,788. Also, insider Michel-Alain Proch sold 5,304 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 8,557, for a total transaction of £453,863.28. Insiders have sold a total of 18,767 shares of company stock worth $163,156,844 in the last three months. 0.30% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

London Stock Exchange Group Company Profile

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.