Balance Technicals with Fundamentals – Evaluating Jones Lang LaSalle's Stock Performance

By Kim Brooks • Tuesday, August 08 17:43 • Permanent Link

Jones Lang LaSalle logged a 0.7% change during today's evening session, and is now trading at a price of $175.05 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. JLL's trading volume is 360,734 compared to the stock's average volume of 332,511.

Jones Lang LaSalle trades -9.67% away from its average analyst target price of $193.8 per share. The 5 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $155.0 to $222.0, and on average have given Jones Lang LaSalle a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying JLL should be aware of the facts below:

Jones Lang LaSalle's current price is -4.7% below its Graham number of $183.77, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Jones Lang LaSalle has moved -1.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 10.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 10.15, Jones Lang LaSalle has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
JLL has a forward P/E ratio of 11.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $15.47 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.81 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Jones Lang LaSalle is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.38 compared to its sector average of 1.57
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, a professional services company, provides real estate and investment management services in Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.
Based in Chicago, the company has 103,300 full time employees and a market cap of $8.36 Billion.

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