On Friday, LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LPLA) opened higher 3.28% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $301.53. Price fluctuations for LPLA have ranged from $187.19 to $384.04 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 17.47%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 13.53% at the time writing. With a float of $79.34 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $79.97 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 9000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 30.03%, operating margin of 16.4%, and the pretax margin is 11.25%.
LPL Financial Holdings Inc (LPLA) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Capital Markets industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of LPL Financial Holdings Inc is 0.79%, while institutional ownership is 89.60%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 14 ’25, was worth 24,950. In this transaction Managing Director of this company sold 80 shares at a rate of $311.87, taking the stock ownership to the 5,742 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 14 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 80 for $311.87, making the entire transaction worth $24,950.
LPL Financial Holdings Inc (LPLA) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 4.48 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 13.53% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 17.86% during the next five years compared to 16.23% growth over the previous five years of trading.
LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LPLA) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for LPL Financial Holdings Inc (LPLA). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.01.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 14.03, a number that is poised to hit 4.70 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 22.07 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of LPL Financial Holdings Inc (LPLA)
Looking closely at LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LPLA), its last 5-days average volume was 1.55 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.95 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 62.46%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 21.02.
During the past 100 days, LPL Financial Holdings Inc’s (LPLA) raw stochastic average was set at 40.09%, which indicates a significant decrease from 57.42% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 77.00% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 39.88% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $342.30, while its 200-day Moving Average is $289.23. However, in the short run, LPL Financial Holdings Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $317.03. Second resistance stands at $322.64. The third major resistance level sits at $333.68. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $300.39, it is likely to go to the next support level at $289.35. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $283.74.
LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LPLA) Key Stats
There are currently 79,348K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 24.90 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 12,385 M according to its annual income of 1,059 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 3,512 M and its income totaled 270,750 K.
