Liontrust Asset Management PLC (LON:LIO) Insider John Stephen Ions Buys 12,500 Shares

Liontrust Asset Management PLC (LON:LIO) insider John Stephen Ions purchased 12,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 22nd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 400 ($4.92) per share, for a total transaction of £50,000 ($61,553.61).

Liontrust Asset Management Price Performance

Shares of LON LIO opened at GBX 408.08 ($5.02) on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.40, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The company has a market cap of £260.80 million, a PE ratio of -8,161.62, a P/E/G ratio of -1.70 and a beta of 1.33. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 450.08 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 533. Liontrust Asset Management PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 381.98 ($4.70) and a 1-year high of GBX 865 ($10.65).

Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 21st. The company reported GBX 30.28 ($0.37) earnings per share for the quarter. Liontrust Asset Management had a negative return on equity of 1.78% and a negative net margin of 1.76%. Sell-side analysts forecast that Liontrust Asset Management PLC will post 69.828816 EPS for the current year.

Liontrust Asset Management Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 28th were given a GBX 22 ($0.27) dividend. This represents a yield of 5.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 28th. Liontrust Asset Management’s payout ratio is -144,000.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on LIO. Berenberg Bank reduced their price objective on Liontrust Asset Management from GBX 215 ($2.65) to GBX 195 ($2.40) and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 500 ($6.16) price target on shares of Liontrust Asset Management in a research report on Friday, November 22nd.

Liontrust Asset Management Company Profile

Liontrust Asset Management Plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm also launches equity, fixed income, , multi-asset and managed funds for its clients. It invests into the public equity and multi-asset markets across the globe. The firm was formerly known as River and Mercantile Investment Management Limited.