LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) Reaches New 1-Year Low – Should You Sell?

LSL Property Services plc (LON:LSL)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as low as GBX 232 and last traded at GBX 234, with a volume of 8592 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 234.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently issued reports on LSL shares. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of LSL Property Services to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from GBX 280 to GBX 381 in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Peel Hunt restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 360 price objective on shares of LSL Property Services in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 370.50.

LSL Property Services Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of £237.65 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 62.42, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.30. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 257.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 279.40.

LSL Property Services (LON:LSL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 17th. The company reported GBX 11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. LSL Property Services had a net margin of 6.74% and a return on equity of 13.68%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that LSL Property Services plc will post 24.137931 EPS for the current fiscal year.

LSL Property Services Company Profile

LSL Property Services plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of business-to-business services to mortgage intermediaries and estate agency franchisees, and valuation services to lenders in the United Kingdom. The company operates through three segments: Financial Services, Surveying & Valuation, and Estate Agency Franchising.