LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) Insider Purchases £55,200 in Stock

LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) insider Adrian Collins purchased 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 27th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 276 ($3.55) per share, with a total value of £55,200 ($71,069.91).

LSL Property Services Price Performance

Shares of LSL traded up GBX 6.48 ($0.08) during trading hours on Thursday, reaching GBX 269.48 ($3.47). 85,124 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 77,156. The company has a market cap of £277.29 million, a P/E ratio of 26.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.30, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.42. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 278.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 288.22. LSL Property Services plc has a 52-week low of GBX 252 ($3.24) and a 52-week high of GBX 355 ($4.57).

LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX 21.10 ($0.27) EPS for the quarter. LSL Property Services had a return on equity of 13.68% and a net margin of 6.74%. On average, analysts anticipate that LSL Property Services plc will post 24.137931 earnings per share for the current year.

LSL Property Services Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 8th will be paid a GBX 7.40 ($0.10) dividend. This represents a yield of 2.79%. This is an increase from LSL Property Services’s previous dividend of $4.00. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 8th. LSL Property Services’s dividend payout ratio is presently 106.30%.

LSL Property Services Company Profile

LSL Property Services plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of business-to-business services to mortgage intermediaries and estate agency franchisees, and valuation services to lenders in the United Kingdom. The company operates through three segments: Financial Services, Surveying & Valuation, and Estate Agency Franchising.