London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) Insider David Schwimmer Sells 13,843 Shares

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG) insider David Schwimmer sold 13,843 shares of London Stock Exchange Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of £104.44 ($133.45), for a total value of £1,445,762.92 ($1,847,384.26).

David Schwimmer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, March 13th, David Schwimmer sold 4,577 shares of London Stock Exchange Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of £111.44 ($142.40), for a total transaction of £510,060.88 ($651,751.70).

London Stock Exchange Group Stock Up 4.7 %

LSEG stock opened at £108.10 ($138.13) on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.39, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.01. London Stock Exchange Group plc has a 1-year low of GBX 8,648.31 ($110.51) and a 1-year high of £121.85 ($155.70). The stock has a market capitalization of £57.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 84.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.41. The business has a fifty day moving average price of £114.19 and a 200-day moving average price of £111.50.

London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 363.50 ($4.64) earnings per share for the quarter. London Stock Exchange Group had a return on equity of 2.92% and a net margin of 7.93%. Equities analysts forecast that London Stock Exchange Group plc will post 405.5009823 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

London Stock Exchange Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, April 17th will be given a dividend of GBX 89 ($1.14) per share. This is an increase from London Stock Exchange Group’s previous dividend of $41.00. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 17th. This represents a yield of 0.82%. London Stock Exchange Group’s dividend payout ratio is 94.11%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on shares of London Stock Exchange Group from £116 ($148.22) to £125 ($159.72) and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th.

About London Stock Exchange Group

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider that operates connected businesses to serve customers across the entire financial markets value chain.

With capabilities in data, indices and analytics, capital formation, trade execution, clearing and risk management, we operate at the heart of the world’s financial ecosystem and enable the sustainable growth and stability of our customers and their communities.

Together, our five business divisions – Data and Analytics, FTSE Russell, Risk Intelligence, Capital Markets and Post Trade – offer customers seamless access to global financial markets, across the trading lifecycle.

LSEG is headquartered in London and has a major presence throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and emerging markets.