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LPL Financial (LPLA) Stock Price: Nov 11 Close $301.62

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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

Price-to-sales ratio1.82

Price-to-book value4.13

PEG ratio0.39

Profitability

Return on Equity18.00%

Return on Assets5.00%

Return on Sales9.00%

Gross margin (latest quarter)31.10%

EBITDA$2.48B

Trading

Average volume1,146,334

Dividend

Ex dividend date14 Aug 2026

Last payment date28 Aug 2026

Source: third-party data provider, as of November 13, 2026

Technical indicators

RSI 14: 45.99
MACD 12/26/9: -5.84
EMA 9 of MACD: -7.16
MACD histogram: 1.32
SMA 50: $320.50; Price below SMA 50
EMA 50: $316.92; Price below EMA 50
SMA 200: $319.85; Price below SMA 200
EMA 200: $326.27; Price below EMA 200

Calculated by Gotrade from daily closing prices, as of November 11, 2026. Technical data, not a recommendation.

Analyst views

10 analyst ratings

Third-party analyst opinion, not a recommendation from Gotrade.

Analyst consensus:Buy

80% Buy

20% Hold

0% Sell

Analyst price target

Low: $335.00
Average: $401.80
High: $554.00

JP Morgan

Michael Cho

Buy

Target price

$413.00

Morgan Stanley

Michael Cyprys

Buy

Target price

$399.00

Barclays

Benjamin Budish

Buy

Target price

$372.00

BMO Capital

Brennan Hawken

Buy

Target price

$370.00

B of A Securities

Craig Siegenthaler

Buy

Target price

$554.00

Truist Securities

David Smith

Hold

Target price

$335.00

TD Cowen

Bill Katz

Hold

Target price

$356.00

Wells Fargo

Daniel Welden

Buy

Target price

$350.00

UBS

Michael Brown

Buy

Target price

$369.00

Citizens

Devin Ryan

Buy

Target price

$500.00

Seasonality

Monthly price change (%)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2021											-5.6	+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	-14.5	-9.1	+1.0

Corporate actions

Upcoming

DividendQ4/26

Ex-dividend date12 Nov 2026

Payable date30 Nov 2026

Amount per share$0.30

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

DividendQ3/25

Ex-dividend date15 Aug 2025

Payable date29 Aug 2025

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ2/25

Ex-dividend date30 May 2025

Payable date12 Jun 2025

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ1/25

Ex-dividend date11 Mar 2025

Payable date25 Mar 2025

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ4/24

Ex-dividend date14 Nov 2024

Payable date2 Dec 2024

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ3/24

Ex-dividend date9 Aug 2024

Payable date23 Aug 2024

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ2/24

Ex-dividend date20 May 2024

Payable date4 Jun 2024

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ1/24

Ex-dividend date11 Mar 2024

Payable date26 Mar 2024

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ4/23

Ex-dividend date8 Nov 2023

Payable date27 Nov 2023

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ3/23

Ex-dividend date10 Aug 2023

Payable date25 Aug 2023

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ2/23

Ex-dividend date17 May 2023

Payable date1 Jun 2023

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ1/23

Ex-dividend date13 Mar 2023

Payable date28 Mar 2023

Amount per share$0.30

DividendQ4/22

Ex-dividend date9 Nov 2022

Payable date28 Nov 2022

Amount per share$0.25

DividendQ3/22

Ex-dividend date16 Aug 2022

Payable date31 Aug 2022

Amount per share$0.25

DividendQ2/22

Ex-dividend date8 Jun 2022

Payable date24 Jun 2022

Amount per share$0.25

DividendQ1/22

Ex-dividend date14 Mar 2022

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