Insider Buying: LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) Insider Acquires 13,945 Shares of Stock

LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) insider David Tilak acquired 13,945 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 21st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 214 per share, for a total transaction of £29,842.30.

David Tilak also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, May 21st, David Tilak purchased 9,338 shares of LSL Property Services stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 213 per share, with a total value of £19,889.94.
• On Friday, May 22nd, David Tilak acquired 22,922 shares of LSL Property Services stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 217 per share, with a total value of £49,740.74.

LSL Property Services Price Performance

Shares of LSL opened at GBX 215 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of £213.69 million, a PE ratio of 13.27, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 0.46. The company’s 50-day moving average is GBX 222.75 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 243.83. LSL Property Services plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 204 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 334. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.75, a current ratio of 2.25 and a quick ratio of 1.06.

LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 19th. The company reported GBX 24.40 EPS for the quarter. LSL Property Services had a net margin of 9.21% and a return on equity of 20.71%. Equities analysts forecast that LSL Property Services plc will post 24.137931 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

LSL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “house stock” rating on shares of LSL Property Services in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 361 price objective on shares of LSL Property Services in a report on Friday, May 15th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, LSL Property Services has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 360.50.

About LSL Property Services

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. The Financial Services segment offers compliance and other services to mortgage and insurance networks. The Surveying & Valuation segment provides valuations and professional surveying services of residential properties to various lenders and individual customers; data services to lenders; and asset management services, including managing the sale of residential properties on behalf of corporate clients and property investors.