Liontrust Asset Management (LON:LIO) Shares Pass Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

Liontrust Asset Management PLC (LON:LIO - Get Free Report)'s share price passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 430.81 ($5.71) and traded as low as GBX 317.50 ($4.21). Liontrust Asset Management shares last traded at GBX 325 ($4.31), with a volume of 210,909 shares changing hands.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Berenberg Bank cut their price target on shares of Liontrust Asset Management from GBX 450 ($5.96) to GBX 330 ($4.37) and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th.

Liontrust Asset Management Trading Down 1.4 %

The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 383.61 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 430.81. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.48. The firm has a market cap of £205.23 million, a P/E ratio of 2.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -1.70 and a beta of 1.33.

Insider Activity at Liontrust Asset Management

In related news, insider Vinay Kumar Abrol sold 3,797 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 403 ($5.34), for a total value of £15,301.91 ($20,275.49). Also, insider John Stephen Ions sold 26,100 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 324 ($4.29), for a total transaction of £84,564 ($112,049.82). Insiders own 11.90% of the company's stock.

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.

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