Shares of Liontrust Asset Management PLC (LON:LIO - Get Free Report) passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 536.76 ($6.62) and traded as low as GBX 396.50 ($4.89). Liontrust Asset Management shares last traded at GBX 402.50 ($4.96), with a volume of 247,293 shares changing hands.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on LIO shares. Berenberg Bank cut their price objective on Liontrust Asset Management from GBX 215 ($2.65) to GBX 195 ($2.40) and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a "hold" rating and set a GBX 500 ($6.16) price objective on shares of Liontrust Asset Management in a report on Friday, November 22nd.
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Liontrust Asset Management Trading Down 2.4 %
The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 450.81 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 534.92. The company has a market cap of £251.17 million, a PE ratio of -7,860.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -1.70 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.40.
Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, November 21st. The company reported GBX 30.28 ($0.37) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Liontrust Asset Management had a negative net margin of 1.76% and a negative return on equity of 1.78%. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Liontrust Asset Management PLC will post 69.828816 EPS for the current year.
Liontrust Asset Management Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 28th were issued 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 dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -144,000.00%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, insider Vinay Kumar Abrol purchased 50,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 454 ($5.60) per share, with a total value of £227,000 ($279,866.85). Insiders own 11.90% of the company's stock.
About Liontrust Asset Management
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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.
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