Here Are Some Essential Facts About LPL Financial

After gains of 3.2% this afternoon, LPL Financial shares are now trading at $196.74. Read below for the essential facts about this stock:

  • LPL Financial has logged a -4.8% 52 week change, compared to -7.0% for the S&P 500

  • LPLA has an average analyst rating of buy and is -23.23% away from its mean target price of $256.27 per share

  • Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $10.39, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 18.9. The Finance sector's average P/E ratio is 14.34

  • The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $19.64 and its forward P/E ratio is 10.0

  • The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 7.2 in contrast to the Finance sector's average P/B ratio is 1.57

  • LPLA has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 196.6% and gross profit margins of 0.3%

  • The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $1,638,981,000.00 and the average free cash flow growth rate is 36.8%

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