Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) Insider Henrietta Baldock Buys 1,118 Shares of Stock

Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) insider Henrietta Baldock purchased 1,118 shares of Legal & General Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 221 ($2.80) per share, for a total transaction of £2,470.78 ($3,127.17).

Legal & General Group Price Performance

LGEN stock opened at GBX 223.50 ($2.83) on Tuesday. Legal & General Group Plc has a 1 year low of GBX 211.40 ($2.68) and a 1 year high of GBX 259 ($3.28). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 722.64, a current ratio of 1.12 and a quick ratio of 0.50. The stock has a market cap of £13.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4,470.00, a P/E/G ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 222.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 229.50.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 245 ($3.10) target price 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Legal & General Group presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 279 ($3.53).

About Legal & General Group

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.