London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) Insider Michel-Alain Proch Sells 9,183 Shares

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) insider Michel-Alain Proch sold 9,183 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of £111.36 ($145.70), for a total value of £1,022,618.88 ($1,337,981.00).

London Stock Exchange Group Price Performance

Shares of LSEG traded up GBX 55 ($0.72) during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching £112.20 ($146.80). The company had a trading volume of 9,152,798 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,026,658. The company has a market capitalization of £59.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 87.99, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.39, a quick ratio of 0.01 and a current ratio of 1.00. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is £113.36 and its 200 day simple moving average is £111.61. London Stock Exchange Group plc has a 1-year low of GBX 8,648.31 ($113.15) and a 1-year high of £121.85 ($159.43).

London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 363.50 ($4.76) EPS for the quarter. London Stock Exchange Group had a return on equity of 2.92% and a net margin of 7.93%. Analysts expect that London Stock Exchange Group plc will post 405.5009823 EPS for the current year.

London Stock Exchange Group Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 17th will be given a dividend of GBX 89 ($1.16) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 17th. This is a boost from London Stock Exchange Group’s previous dividend of $41.00. This represents a dividend yield of 0.82%. London Stock Exchange Group’s dividend payout ratio is 94.11%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on London Stock Exchange Group from £116 ($151.77) to £125 ($163.55) and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th.

London Stock Exchange Group Company Profile

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.