LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) Insider Adam Castleton Acquires 14,195 Shares

LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL) insider Adam Castleton acquired 14,195 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 1st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 272 ($3.53) per share, with a total value of £38,610.40 ($50,136.87).

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 purchased at an average price of GBX 295 ($3.83) per share, with a total value of £25,738.75 ($33,422.61).
• On Monday, January 6th, Adam Castleton bought 53 shares of LSL Property Services stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 284 ($3.69) per share, for a total transaction of £150.52 ($195.46).

LSL Property Services Stock Down 0.2 %

LSL opened at GBX 267.60 ($3.47) on Thursday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 277.78 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 286.03. The stock has a market capitalization of £275.35 million, a P/E ratio of 25.86, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.42, a current ratio of 1.30 and a quick ratio of 1.06. LSL Property Services plc has a 12 month low of GBX 252 ($3.27) and a 12 month high of GBX 355 ($4.61).

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

LSL Property Services Increases Dividend

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