Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) Insider Henrietta Baldock Purchases 1,046 Shares of Stock

Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) insider Henrietta Baldock purchased 1,046 shares of Legal & General Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 236 ($2.94) per share, for a total transaction of £2,468.56 ($3,071.11).

Henrietta Baldock also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, December 2nd, Henrietta Baldock purchased 1,118 shares of Legal & General Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 221 ($2.75) per share, for a total transaction of £2,470.78 ($3,073.87).

Legal & General Group Stock Down 2.4 %

LGEN opened at GBX 236.80 ($2.95) on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 229.32 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 226.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 722.64, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a current ratio of 1.12. Legal & General Group Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 211.40 ($2.63) and a fifty-two week high of GBX 257.80 ($3.21). The stock has a market cap of £13.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4,736.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 1.31.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on LGEN shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “top pick” rating on shares of Legal & General Group in a report on Friday, December 6th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 265 ($3.30) price target on shares of Legal & General Group in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Legal & General Group from GBX 290 ($3.61) to GBX 295 ($3.67) and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 276.67 ($3.44).

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.