Adrian Collins Buys 20,000 Shares of LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) Stock

LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) insider Adrian Collins acquired 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 27th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 276 ($3.55) per share, with a total value of £55,200 ($71,069.91).

LSL Property Services Price Performance

LSL Property Services stock traded up GBX 6.48 ($0.08) during midday trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 269.48 ($3.47). 85,124 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 77,156. The stock has a market cap of £277.29 million, a P/E ratio of 26.04, a PEG ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.09. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 278.28 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 288.22. The company has a quick ratio of 1.06, a current ratio of 1.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.42. LSL Property Services plc has a 12 month low of GBX 252 ($3.24) and a 12 month high of GBX 355 ($4.57).

LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The company reported GBX 21.10 ($0.27) EPS for the quarter. LSL Property Services had a return on equity of 13.68% and a net margin of 6.74%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that LSL Property Services plc will post 24.137931 EPS for the current year.

LSL Property Services Increases Dividend

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