LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) Posts Earnings Results

LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported GBX 21.10 ($0.27) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. LSL Property Services had a return on equity of 13.68% and a net margin of 6.74%.

LSL Property Services Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of LON LSL traded down GBX 0.60 ($0.01) on Friday, reaching GBX 274.40 ($3.55). 39,608 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 76,025. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 278.07 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 288.08. The company has a current ratio of 1.30, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.42. LSL Property Services has a fifty-two week low of GBX 252 ($3.26) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 355 ($4.60). The stock has a market capitalization of £282.35 million, a PE ratio of 26.52, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.09.

LSL Property Services Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 8th will be issued a GBX 7.40 ($0.10) dividend. This is a boost from LSL Property Services’s previous dividend of $4.00. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 8th. This represents a yield of 2.79%. LSL Property Services’s payout ratio is 106.30%.

Insider Activity at LSL Property Services

In other news, insider Adrian Collins purchased 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 27th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 276 ($3.57) per share, for a total transaction of £55,200 ($71,465.56). Also, insider Adam Castleton acquired 8,725 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 30th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 295 ($3.82) per share, for a total transaction of £25,738.75 ($33,323.08). Over the last three months, insiders purchased 28,778 shares of company stock worth $8,108,927. 15.29% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

LSL Property Services Company Profile

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.