London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) Insider Sells £510,060.88 in Stock

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) insider David Schwimmer sold 4,577 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of £111.44 ($144.35), for a total value of £510,060.88 ($660,700.62).

London Stock Exchange Group Stock Performance

LSEG stock traded down GBX 100 ($1.30) during midday trading on Friday, reaching £109.85 ($142.29). 1,052,627 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,044,551. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.39. London Stock Exchange Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 8,648.31 ($112.02) and a 52-week high of £121.85 ($157.84). The stock has a market cap of £58.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 86.15, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.41. The stock’s 50-day moving average is £116.13 and its 200 day moving average is £110.24.

London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 363.50 ($4.71) EPS for the quarter. London Stock Exchange Group had a return on equity of 2.92% and a net margin of 7.93%. As a group, analysts anticipate that London Stock Exchange Group plc will post 405.5009823 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on London Stock Exchange Group from £116 ($150.26) to £125 ($161.92) and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 20th.

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.