Henrietta Baldock Acquires 1,118 Shares of Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) Stock

Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) insider Henrietta Baldock bought 1,118 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 221 ($2.80) per share, for a total transaction of £2,470.78 ($3,130.74).

Legal & General Group Stock Performance

Shares of LGEN opened at GBX 224.25 ($2.84) on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of £13.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4,485.00, a PEG ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 1.31. Legal & General Group Plc has a 12 month low of GBX 211.40 ($2.68) and a 12 month high of GBX 259 ($3.28). The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 222.57 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 229.34. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 722.64.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 245 ($3.10) price objective on shares of Legal & General Group in a research report on Thursday, August 15th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 279 ($3.54).

Legal & General Group Company Profile

Legal & General Group Plc provides various insurance products and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It operates in Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), Legal & General Capital (LGC), and Retail segments.