LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) Earns “Buy” Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

LSL Property Services (LON:LSL)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a report issued on Friday,London Stock Exchange reports. They currently have a GBX 361 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price target suggests a potential upside of 69.77% from the stock’s previous close.

LSL Property Services Stock Up 3.7%

LSL stock traded up GBX 7.64 during trading on Friday, hitting GBX 212.64. 231,332 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 171,300. The business has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 225.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 245.15. The stock has a market capitalization of £211.34 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.13, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 0.46. LSL Property Services has a 52-week low of GBX 204 and a 52-week high of GBX 334. The company has a current ratio of 2.25, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.75.

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%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that LSL Property Services will post 24.137931 EPS for the current year.

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.