Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) Insider Buys £2,470.78 in Stock

Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) insider Henrietta Baldock purchased 1,118 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 221 ($2.80) per share, with a total value of £2,470.78 ($3,127.17).

Legal & General Group Trading Up 1.0 %

LON:LGEN opened at GBX 223.50 ($2.83) on Tuesday. Legal & General Group Plc has a 52 week low of GBX 211.40 ($2.68) and a 52 week high of GBX 259 ($3.28). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 722.64, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 1.12. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 222.53 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 229.50. The firm has a market cap of £13.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 4,470.00, a P/E/G ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 1.31.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 245 ($3.10) price objective on shares of Legal & General Group in a report on Thursday, August 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 279 ($3.53).

Legal & General Group Company Profile

Legal & General Group Plc provides various insurance products and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It operates in Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), Legal & General Capital (LGC), and Retail segments.