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

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LON:LSEG - Get Free Report) insider David Schwimmer sold 13,843 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of £104.44 ($136.70), for a total transaction of £1,445,762.92 ($1,892,359.84).

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 ($145.86), for a total value of £510,060.88 ($667,618.95).

London Stock Exchange Group Trading Down 0.3 %

LSEG stock traded down GBX 35 ($0.46) during trading on Friday, hitting £111.65 ($146.14). The company had a trading volume of 1,401,259 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,011,017. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of £113.36 and a 200-day moving average price of £111.56. London Stock Exchange Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 8,648.31 ($113.20) and a 12 month high of £121.85 ($159.49). The company has a quick ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 47.39. The stock has a market cap of £59.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 87.56, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.41.

London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported GBX 363.50 ($4.76) EPS for the quarter. London Stock Exchange Group had a return on equity of 2.92% and a net margin of 7.93%. As a group, analysts predict that London Stock Exchange Group plc will post 405.5009823 earnings per share for the current year.

London Stock Exchange Group Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 17th will be paid a GBX 89 ($1.16) dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 17th. This is a positive change from London Stock Exchange Group's previous dividend of $41.00. London Stock Exchange Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 94.11%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on London Stock Exchange Group from £116 ($151.83) to £125 ($163.61) and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th.

London Stock Exchange Group Company Profile

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.