LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) Insider Acquires £38,610.40 in Stock

LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) insider Adam Castleton bought 14,195 shares of LSL Property Services stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 272 ($3.51) per share, with a total value of £38,610.40 ($49,884.24).

Adam Castleton also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, January 30th, Adam Castleton acquired 8,725 shares of LSL Property Services stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 295 ($3.81) per share, with a total value of £25,738.75 ($33,254.20).
• On Monday, January 6th, Adam Castleton purchased 53 shares of LSL Property Services stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 284 ($3.67) per share, with a total value of £150.52 ($194.47).

LSL Property Services Price Performance

LSL traded down GBX 3 ($0.04) during trading on Tuesday, reaching GBX 268 ($3.46). 60,271 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 76,259. LSL Property Services plc has a 12-month low of GBX 252 ($3.26) and a 12-month high of GBX 355 ($4.59). The company’s 50-day moving average is GBX 277.93 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 286.87. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.42. The company has a market cap of £275.77 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.09.

LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX 21.10 ($0.27) EPS for the quarter. LSL Property Services had a net margin of 6.74% and a return on equity of 13.68%. Research analysts forecast that LSL Property Services plc will post 24.137931 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

LSL Property Services Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 8th will be paid a dividend of GBX 7.40 ($0.10) per share. This is a positive change from LSL Property Services’s previous dividend of $4.00. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 8th. This represents a yield of 2.79%. LSL Property Services’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 106.30%.

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.