A new trading day began on Friday, with LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LPLA) stock price up 11.47% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $338.49. LPLA’s price has ranged from $262.83 to $403.58 over the past 52 weeks.
A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 16.23% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 18.64%. With a float of $79.43 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $80.04 million.
In an organization with 9000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency.
LPL Financial Holdings Inc (LPLA) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Capital Markets Industry. The insider ownership of LPL Financial Holdings Inc is 0.71%, while institutional ownership is 101.20%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 06 ’25, was worth 235,814. In this transaction Group Managing Director of this company sold 750 shares at a rate of $314.42, taking the stock ownership to the 16,870 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 06 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 750 for $314.42, making the entire transaction worth $235,813.
LPL Financial Holdings Inc (LPLA) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 4.25 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 5.81 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 18.64% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 20.24% 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
Here are LPL Financial Holdings Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 2.78. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.94. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 664.17.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 10.87, a number that is poised to hit 4.97 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 23.36 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of LPL Financial Holdings Inc (LPLA)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.26 million. That was better than the volume of 0.85 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 54.57%.
During the past 100 days, LPL Financial Holdings Inc’s (LPLA) raw stochastic average was set at 71.72%, which indicates a significant decrease from 77.13% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 9.37 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 10.32 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $339.73, while its 200-day Moving Average is $352.19. However, in the short run, LPL Financial Holdings Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $392.58. Second resistance stands at $407.85. The third major resistance level sits at $419.95. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $365.21, it is likely to go to the next support level at $353.11. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $337.84.
LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LPLA) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 30.19 billion, the company has a total of 80,004K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 12,385 M while annual income is 1,059 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 3,835 M while its latest quarter income was 273,250 K.
