Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) Given “Buy” Rating at Peel Hunt

Peel Hunt restated their buy rating on shares of Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) in a research report released on Thursday morning, MarketBeat Ratings reports. The brokerage currently has a GBX 435 price objective on the stock.

LIO has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Berenberg Bank lowered their price target on shares of Liontrust Asset Management from GBX 365 to GBX 340 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 7th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on Liontrust Asset Management from GBX 290 to GBX 280 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “underperform” rating and set a GBX 310 target price on shares of Liontrust Asset Management in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Panmure Gordon restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 500 price target on shares of Liontrust Asset Management in a report on Thursday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 369.

Liontrust Asset Management Trading Down 2.6%

LIO stock opened at GBX 279.89 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 311.58 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 347.73. Liontrust Asset Management has a fifty-two week low of GBX 221.88 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 508. The firm has a market cap of £175.61 million, a PE ratio of 10.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -1.70 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.42.

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

About Liontrust Asset Management

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.