LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) Insider Purchases £55,200 in Stock

LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) insider Adrian Collins purchased 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 27th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 276 ($3.57) per share, with a total value of £55,200 ($71,447.06).

LSL Property Services Price Performance

LSL opened at GBX 274 ($3.55) on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of £281.94 million, a P/E ratio of 26.48, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 278.01 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 287.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.42, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.30. LSL Property Services plc has a 1-year low of GBX 252 ($3.26) and a 1-year high of GBX 355 ($4.59).

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

LSL Property Services Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 8th will be given 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. This represents a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 8th. LSL Property Services’s dividend payout ratio is currently 106.30%.

About LSL Property Services

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.