David Schwimmer Sells 4,577 Shares of London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) Stock

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) insider David Schwimmer sold 4,577 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 Price Performance

Shares of London Stock Exchange Group stock traded down GBX 100 ($1.30) during trading on Friday, reaching £109.85 ($142.29). 1,052,627 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,044,551. 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 company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.39, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.01. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of £116.13 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of £110.24. The company has a market capitalization of £58.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 86.15, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.41.

London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 363.50 ($4.71) earnings per share for the quarter. London Stock Exchange Group had a return on equity of 2.92% and a net margin of 7.93%. Sell-side analysts expect 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 increased their price objective on shares of London Stock Exchange Group from £116 ($150.26) to £125 ($161.92) and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report 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.