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LPL Financial (LPLA) Stock Price Today & Analysis

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LPLA

About LPL Financial

LPL Financial is the largest US independent broker-dealer, with nearly 29,000 financial advisors affiliated with its platform and roughly 10 million associated customer accounts at the end of 2024. The firm earns the bulk of its profit from interest income earned on client cash balances and from advisory fees and commissions tied to the $1.7 trillion in assets under management or advisory on its platform at year-end 2024. LPL specializes in the provision of turnkey wealth management services for affiliated independent advisors, but maintains a diverse array of affiliation modalities, running the gamut from more traditional employee models to a pure RIA custody approach. It earns tuck-in revenue from recordkeeping fees and the provision of software tools and services to its advisor base.

SectorFinancial Services

IndustryCapital Markets

Employees10,081

CEOMr. Richard Steinmeier

IPO DateNov 18, 2010

HeadquartersSan Diego, CA

Key Executives

Name	Title	Year Born
Mr. Richard Steinmeier	CEO & Director	1974
Mr. Matthew Jon Audette B.S.	President & CFO	1975
Mr. Matthew K. Enyedi	MD & Chief Client Officer	1974
Ms. Aneri Jambusaria CFP	Group MD & Chief Wealth Officer	1984
Mr. Greg Gates	Group MD and Chief Product & Technology Officer	1977
Ms. Judith Kohoskie Ricketts	Executive Vice President of Operations	—
Mr. Marc Andrew Zabicki C.F.A.	Chief Investment Officer	—
Ms. Katharine Reeping	Senior VP, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer	1978
Mr. Jonathan Lewis	Chief Technology & Information Officer	—
Mr. Matthew Edwin Morningstar J.D.	Group MD & Chief Legal Officer	1976

Fundamentals

Valuation

Market cap$24.75B

Price-to-sales ratio1.22

Price-to-book value4.14

Price-earnings ratio23.70

Return on Equity17.00%

Return on Sales9.00%

Return on Assets5.00%

PEG ratio0.39

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share$12.61

Income Statement

Average volume722,208

EBITDA$2.30B

1 year high (52w)$400.16

1 year low (52w)$260.15

Dividend

Ex dividend date14 Aug 2026

Dividend amount$0.30

Dividend yield0.38%

Last payment date28 Aug 2026

Dividend yield (TTM)0.38%

Next earnings reportN/A

Solvency

Debt-to-equity ratioN/A

Technicals

OscillatorsStrong Sell5 Indicators

Moving AveragesStrong Sell12 Indicators

What the experts say

8 Wall Street Analyst Ratings

BUY

75% Buy

25% Hold

0% Sell

Target price

$394.13

Est return

25.38%

JP Morgan

Michael Cho

Buy

Target price

$428.00

Est return

36.54%

Morgan Stanley

Michael Cyprys

Buy

Target price

$387.00

Est return

23.46%

Barclays

Benjamin Budish

Buy

Target price

$401.00

Est return

27.93%

Truist Securities

David Smith

Hold

Target price

$389.00

Est return

24.10%

BMO Capital

Brennan Hawken

Buy

Target price

$390.00

Est return

24.42%

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

Chris Allen

Buy

Target price

$390.00

Est return

24.42%

TD Cowen

Bill Katz

Hold

Target price

$377.00

Est return

20.27%

UBS

Michael Brown

Buy

Target price

$391.00

Est return

24.74%

Seasonality

Monthly price change (%)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2021									-1.5	+2.4	-5.4	+3.5
2022	+5.8	+2.0	+10.5	+2.4	+3.0	-3.9	+15.8	+6.9	-1.8	+13.3	-8.9	-7.2
2023	+9.2	+5.9	-20.3	+5.7	-7.9	+11.1	+4.0	-1.1	+1.4	-5.7	+1.7	+2.5
2024	+3.7	+11.4	-0.8	+1.0	+7.8	-2.3	-21.5	+4.5	+5.9	+22.8	+15.8	+0.8
2025	+11.9	+2.1	-8.8	-4.5	+19.5	-2.2	+6.1	-1.5	-8.3	+19.0	-6.0	-0.3
2026	+0.8	-20.2	-1.7	+15.5	-14.1	+2.4	+20.6	+2.7	-12.1

Corporate actions

Upcoming

No upcoming corporate actions for LPLA

Past

DividendQ3/26

Ex-dividend date14 Aug 2026

Payable date28 Aug 2026

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ2/26

Ex-dividend date21 May 2026

Payable date4 Jun 2026

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ1/26

Ex-dividend date10 Mar 2026

Payable date24 Mar 2026

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ4/25

Ex-dividend date13 Nov 2025

Payable date1 Dec 2025

Amount per share$0.30

LPL Financial (LPLA) Stock

Fundamentals

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Technicals

Analyst Ratings

Financials

Performance

Debt & Balance Sheet

Revenue to Profit

Earnings

Latest news

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LPL Financial (LPLA) Q2 Earnings on the Horizon: Analysts' Insights on Key Performance Measures

LPL Financial (LPLA) Q2 Earnings on the Horizon: Analysts' Insights on Key Performance Measures

About LPL Financial

Key Executives

Fundamentals

Valuation

Earnings Per Share

Income Statement

Dividend

Solvency

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What the experts say

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