EPS for Legg Mason, Inc. (LM) Expected At $0.73

The Book to Market or BTM is calculated as Market Value (or Stock Price)/Book Value. Short-term as well long term shareholders always focus on the liquidity of the stocks so for that concern, liquidity measure in recent quarter results of the company was recorded 2.00 as current ratio and on the opponent side the debt to equity ratio was 0.64 and long-term debt to equity ratio also remained 0.58. Legg Mason, Inc. now has a PEG ratio of 1.33. The LM has a wide variety of figures for various time frames, commencing from week's performance it advances on positive ratio of -4.98% during the last five regular trading sessions. In the investing realm, using the moving average for technical equity analysis is still very popular among traders and investors. LM outperformed the S&P 500 by 0.65%.

Baxter Bros Inc decreased its stake in Monsanto Co (MON) by 8.8% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. The institutional investor held 3.30M shares of the finance company at the end of 2017Q4, valued at $138.70M, up from 3.18M at the end of the previous reported quarter.

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. The company has market cap of $3.19 billion. The stock was sold at an average price of $36.06, for a total value of $1,072,568.64. About shares traded. Sailfish Royalty Corp. Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM) has risen 12.20% since April 16, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 25.88% the S&P500. LSV Asset Management increased its holdings in shares of Legg Mason by 23.1% in the 4th quarter. Comml Bank Of Montreal Can reported 8,215 shares. Earnings estimates for the to-be-reported quarter have been revised upward lately. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. equities research analysts expect that Legg Mason will post 3.65 EPS for the current fiscal year. EHC's profit will be $79.49M for 17.67 P/E if the $0.81 EPS becomes a reality. The asset manager reported $1.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.18. Its down 0.06, from 0.83 in 2017Q3. The Company operates through Global Asset Management segment.

ANALYSTS VIEWS: The current analyst consensus rating clocked at 2.8 on company shares based on data provided from FINVIZ. Leavell Investment Management has 86,473 shares. Tig Advisors Ltd holds 3.06% or 473,206 shares. 989,367 are owned by Dimensional Fund Limited Partnership. Stephens Ar stated it has 1.17% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Shares moved -2.86% in the most recent session after an initial gap of 0.93%.

Although market capitalization is key to consider, don't invest (or not invest) based exclusively on it. Bnp Paribas Arbitrage Sa accumulated 136,856 shares. Tarbox Family Office holds 0% or 153 shares.

But if you want to sell more stock than buy it, this would show us greater level of stock supply than demand, and consequently, the price rate would decline. Microsoft Corporation had 170 analyst reports since July 22, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was maintained on Thursday, September 3 by Susquehanna. ValuEngine downgraded Legg Mason from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday. The rating was maintained by Piper Jaffray on Tuesday, November 10 with "Overweight". On Wednesday, January 24 the stock rating was maintained by Jefferies with "Hold".

Despite the fact that a low P/E ratio may make a stock look like a good buy, factoring in the company's growth rate to get the stock's PEG ratio can tell a different story. The company was maintained on Thursday, December 21 by Keefe Bruyette & Woods. A reading between 0 and -20 would point to an overbought situation.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.52 in 2017 Q4. It has change of 0.51, from 2017Q3's 1.01. 60 funds took positions and 104 increased positions. Ubs Asset Americas owns 148,429 shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. Legg Mason's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 33.73%. (NYSE:LM) for 77,623 shares. First Allied Advisory Services Inc.'s holdings in Legg Mason were worth $241,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. (NYSE:LM) rating on Friday, June 30. Voya Investment Mgmt Ltd Liability Com holds 0.07% or 276,948 shares in its portfolio.

Legg Mason, Inc is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Jane Street Limited Liability has 5,806 shares. Cwm Limited Liability Corp reported 0% in Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON). Legg Mason presently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $46.40.

Looking at some ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) numbers, Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (NYSE:PAGP)'s ROIC is 0.067477. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Legg Mason by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. It also reduced its holding in Mid Amer Apt Cmntys Inc (NYSE:MAA) by 2,174 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 59,592 shares, and cut its stake in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO). Fifth Third Bank has invested 0% in Legg Mason, Inc. Therefore 38% are positive.

Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE:LM) now has a Montier C-score of 3.00000. (NYSE:LM) has "Buy" rating given on Friday, April 6 by Deutsche Bank. As per Friday, October 14, the company rating was maintained by Wood. (NYSE:LM) earned "Hold" rating by Jefferies.