Liontrust Asset Management PLC (LON:LIO) Insider Acquires £50,000 in Stock

Liontrust Asset Management PLC (LON:LIO) insider John Stephen Ions bought 12,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 22nd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 400 ($4.99) per share, for a total transaction of £50,000 ($62,429.77).

Liontrust Asset Management Trading Up 2.3 %

Shares of LON LIO opened at GBX 426.50 ($5.33) on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.40. Liontrust Asset Management PLC has a 12 month low of GBX 381.98 ($4.77) and a 12 month high of GBX 865 ($10.80). The company has a market cap of £272.58 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8,530.00, a P/E/G ratio of -1.70 and a beta of 1.33. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 449.91 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 530.06.

Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 21st. The company reported GBX 30.28 ($0.38) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Liontrust Asset Management had a negative return on equity of 1.78% and a negative net margin of 1.76%. Sell-side analysts predict that Liontrust Asset Management PLC will post 69.828816 EPS for the current year.

Liontrust Asset Management Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 28th were given a dividend of GBX 22 ($0.27) per share. This represents a yield of 5.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 28th. Liontrust Asset Management’s payout ratio is -144,000.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on LIO. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 500 ($6.24) price target on shares of Liontrust Asset Management in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Berenberg Bank cut their target price on shares of Liontrust Asset Management from GBX 215 ($2.68) to GBX 195 ($2.43) and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th.

About Liontrust Asset Management

Liontrust Asset Management Plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm also launches equity, fixed income, , multi-asset and managed funds for its clients. It invests into the public equity and multi-asset markets across the globe. The firm was formerly known as River and Mercantile Investment Management Limited.