London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) Insider Martin Brand Sells 27,772 Shares of Stock

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) insider Martin Brand sold 27,772 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 9,334 ($118.06), for a total value of £2,592,238.48 ($3,278,824.29).

Martin Brand also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, May 17th, Martin Brand sold 14,320,787 shares of London Stock Exchange Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 9,150 ($115.73), for a total transaction of £1,310,352,010.50 ($1,657,414,635.09).

London Stock Exchange Group Trading Down 0.8 %

Shares of London Stock Exchange Group stock opened at GBX 9,228 ($116.72) on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 9,262.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 9,191.46. The firm has a market cap of £48.92 billion, a PE ratio of 6,785.29, a PEG ratio of 3.03 and a beta of 0.35. London Stock Exchange Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 7,784 ($98.46) and a 1 year high of £110.80 ($140.15). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.70, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.01.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have weighed in on LSEG. Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and set a £110 ($139.13) price objective on shares of London Stock Exchange Group in a report on Thursday, April 25th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 115 ($1.45) target price on shares of London Stock Exchange Group in a report on Tuesday, May 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, London Stock Exchange Group presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 8,347 ($105.58).

London Stock Exchange Group Company Profile

London Stock Exchange Group plc operates as a financial markets infrastructure and data provider primarily in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Data & Analytics, Capital Markets, and Post Trade. It operates a range of international equity, fixed income, exchange-traded funds/exchange-traded products, and foreign exchange markets through the London Stock Exchange, AIM, Turquoise, FXall, Matching, and Tradeweb.