LPLA Stock Remains Below 52-Week High After Recent Surge

LPL Financial stock is trading -17.07% below its average target price of $277.77 after marking a 3.8% during today's morning session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Capital Markets company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $215.0 to $325.0 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.7%, and a short ratio of 1.72. The company's insiders own 0.69% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 97.4% of LPL Financial's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in LPL Financial

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 7,187,868 $1,655,725,437
2024-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 7% 5,302,759 $1,221,490,568
2024-06-30 FMR, LLC 4% 2,671,896 $615,471,259
2024-06-30 Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC 3% 2,589,793 $596,558,833
2024-06-30 Janus Henderson Group PLC 3% 2,542,185 $585,592,330
2024-06-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 3% 2,099,916 $483,715,663
2024-06-30 Boston Partners 3% 1,887,189 $434,713,997
2024-06-30 State Street Corporation 2% 1,702,972 $392,279,610
2024-06-30 Lone Pine Capital Llc 2% 1,685,070 $388,155,884
2024-06-30 WCM Investment Management, LLC 2% 1,663,718 $383,237,451

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on LPL Financial.

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