The trading price of LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) floating lower at last check on Wednesday, July 17, closing at $229.45, -4.25% lower than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 17.33. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $289.88 and a 52-week low of $200.18. Over the past month, the stock has lost -17.22% in value.
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LPL Financial Holdings Inc, whose market valuation is $17.14 billion at the time of this writing. The dividend yield on the company stock is 0.52%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 1.20. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 3.73 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 15.87 for current year and 19.93 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 2.89B for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 2.87B and highs of 2.89B. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 11.86B.
On the technical side, indicators suggest LPLA has a Hold on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Sell.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 1.11, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that LPLA’s price is currently -16.37% off the SMA20 and -16.55% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 15.55, and weekly volatility stands at 4.26%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 2.44%. LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.87, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 8.16.
To see how LPL Financial Holdings Inc stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: LPLA stock’s performance was -4.25% at last check in today’s session, and 1.60% in the past year. LPL Financial Holdings Inc has a P/E ratio of 17.33.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) indicates that the 3-month average is 566.18K.
Currently, records show that 74.66 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.80% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 98.32%. However, since the stock’s price has seen 0.80% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
