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LPL Financial Holdings Inc LPLA

Morningstar Rating
$279.30 +2.89 (1.05%)
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Company Report

LPL Financial: Onboarding Partner Assets and Higher Cash Balances to Maintain Growth

LPL Financial provides an advisory and brokerage platform for advisors, broker/dealer services for financial institutions, and resources for practice management. At the end of 2023, advisors on LPL's platform served over $1.3 trillion of wealth management assets in the United States. LPL aims to offer services to all advisors regardless of business model. For example, advisors can be licensed with LPL Financial, giving LPL responsibility for managing risk and compliance, or they can operate as a hybrid Registered Investment Advisor using LPL Financial for custody, trading, and administrative support. LPL has also launched a new employee model that allows advisors to fully outsource practice management.

Price vs Fair Value

LPLA is trading at a 378% premium.
Price
$279.30
Fair Value
$328.00
Uncertainty
High
1-Star Price
$692.93
5-Star Price
$214.50
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

LPL Financial has expanded the number of advisor business models it supports, which increases its addressable market.

Bears

LPL’s decision to add an employee channel for advisors could distract management.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$276.41
Day Range
$276.10279.70
52-Week Range
$200.18289.88
Bid/Ask
$269.49 / $279.70
Market Cap
$20.87 Bil
Volume/Avg
975,035 / 502,317

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
18.14
Price/Sales
2.05
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
0.43%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
0.43%
Total Yield
4.72%

Company Profile

LPL Financial Holdings is an independent broker/dealer that provides a platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisory services to financial advisors and institutions. As of the end of 2023, the company had over 20,000 advisors on its platform managing over $1.3 trillion of client assets.
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Capital Markets
Stock Style Box
Mid Growth
Total Number of Employees
8,724

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
LPLA
SF
AMP
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
18.1417.5713.99
Price/Book Value
9.191.888.72
Price/Sales
2.052.172.85
Price/Cash Flow
12.6512.0212.94
Price/Earnings
LPLA
SF
AMP

Financial Strength

Metric
LPLA
SF
AMP
Quick Ratio
1.09
Current Ratio
1.58
Interest Coverage
7.6212.85
Quick Ratio
LPLA
SF
AMP

Profitability

Metric
LPLA
SF
AMP
Return on Assets (Normalized)
11.95%1.41%1.90%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
54.95%11.57%75.03%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
23.46%7.60%
Return on Assets
LPLA
SF
AMP
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