Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for LPLA in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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NASDAQ: LPLA
LPL Financial (LPLA) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Nov 4 close
$311.48+13.82 (+4.6%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 29 closeLPL Financial reported third-quarter results on 27 October, posting EPS of $5.97 against an estimate of $5.66, with revenue of $5.34 billion, up 17.40% year-over-year but just short of the $5.346 billion consensus. Client assets reached $2.57 trillion, and the company welcomed advisors from Anchor Financial Partners to its platform. Alongside this, LPL disclosed it will miss its 90% target for retaining Commonwealth Financial Network's assets, now expecting approximately 83% ahead of next month's advisor conversion. Analyst reaction was mixed: KBW cut its target to $395.00 from $400.00, while Goldman Sachs raised its target to $400 and maintained a Buy rating citing expense management; a broader 16-analyst average target was reduced to $400.88.
The stock closed at $279.54, up 3.8%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $331.66 and 200-day average of $322.98, after a 1-month return of -8.6% and a 1-year return of -18.5%. The GekkoIndex reads 76.6, placing LPLA in the Buying zone, up 16.8 over five days. Price sits 24.1% below the Gekko Fair Value of $368.51.
Over the next 20 trading days, there is no earnings report expected, with the next date set for 4 February 2027, 91 days away. In the last 30 days, options activity shows 1 unusual signal, with put premium of $628,995 against call premium of $85,165. Seasonality over 5 years shows a 2.5% average move across this period, rising in 2 of those years. Analyst coverage stands at 12 buy and 3 hold ratings among 15 firms, with a consensus target of $422.44.
Written by AI from the Oct 29, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
LPL Financial price vs fair value
Close $311.48200-day averageGekko Fair Value $358.73
LPL Financial quick facts
- Market cap
- $24.25B
- P/E ratio
- 17.1
- Forward P/E
- 10
- EPS, TTM
- $17.45
- Revenue, TTM
- $19.99B
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Dividend yield
- 0.42%
- Beta
- 0.54
- Volume
- 1.26M avg 1.15M
- 1-year return
- −17.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6%
- 50-day average
- $326.66
- 200-day average
- $321.46
- Next earnings
- Feb 4 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 77.87M
LPL Financial swing-trade checklist
LPL Financial scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $311.48 sits between the 50-day ($326.66) and 200-day ($321.46) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
61, Accumulation
Reading 61 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
13.2% below
Price is 13.2% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyheadwind
Leans bearish
Last 30 days: 1 unusual options signal.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 91 days
Next report Feb 4, 2027, 91 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityheadwind
−1.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −1.4% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonality
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LPL Financial stock chart and price history
LPL Financial closed at $311.48 on Nov 4, 2026, −17.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $260.15 to $400.16.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −6.3%
- 3 months
- −13.2%
- 6 months
- −4.1%
- 1 year
- −17.8%
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About LPL Financial
LPL Financial works with independent financial professionals and advisors tied to banks and other institutions throughout the United States, giving them a broad set of brokerage and advisory offerings. On the brokerage side, clients can access annuities, mutual funds, stocks, fixed income, insurance, and savings plans for retirement and education, as well as less common holdings like non-listed real estate trusts and older-style auction rate notes.
Its advisory platforms let affiliated advisors reach mutual funds, ETFs, equities, bonds, option strategies, unit trusts, outside money managers, and load-free variable annuities, under either commission or fee arrangements. Advisors can use these platforms to counsel retirement plan sponsors and to draw on practice-management resources meant to support their day-to-day business. LPL rounds out its lineup with trust administration, investment oversight, and custody services for families and estates, insurance agency functions, and software for drafting proposals, running analytics, and building portfolio models.
The company traces back to 1989 in San Diego, California, when it was known as LPL Investment Holdings Inc., before adopting its present name in June 2012. It is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker LPLA.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment banks/Brokers
- Website
- lpl.com
LPL Financial GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
LPL Financial’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 61, in the Accumulation zone, down 16.5 points over five sessions.
61Accumulation
Down 16.5 points over five sessions, from the Buying zone.
Reading for Nov 4, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 26 | +1.5% | +2.6% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 200 | −0.4% | +2.2% | ||
| Neutral | 411 | +0.5% | +0.6% | ||
| Distribution | 53 | +0.5% | +2.3% | ||
| Selling | 7 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average LPLA share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is LPL Financial stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
LPL Financial trades 13.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $358.73, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what LPL Financial shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$358.73
Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026
13.2% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 7.0% below the estimate.
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LPL Financial insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for LPL Financial, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in LPLA were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
LPL Financial has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
- $300.6M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.24%
From company filings.
Unusual options activity last 30 days
1signal, 12% of the flagged premium in calls.
Latest: Bullish flow on Oct 29, $714K in unusual premium.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Sep 30
2of the funds Gekko tracks hold LPLA.
2added0opened0trimmed0sold out
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LPL Financial earnings: next date and track record
LPL Financial reports on Feb 4, 2027, after the close (91 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Feb 4, 2027
Expected after the close, 91 days away
- EPS estimate
- $6.01
- Revenue estimate
- $5.46B
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±6.3%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Oct 27, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- LPL Financial reported record adjusted EPS of $5.97 in Q3 2026, up 15% year-over-year. Total client assets reached $2.6 trillion with organic net new assets of $29 billion (5% annualized growth rate). Recruited assets were $24 billion in Q3, with $81 billion over trailing 12 months and 97% asset retention. Commonwealth Financial Network onboarding is on track for mid-November with expected asset retention of approximately 83%. AI agent Cyan is being rolled out to advisers.
- Guidance
- Commonwealth conversion expected mid-November 2026 with ~83% asset retention. Cyan AI agent to expand to all advisers by year-end with additional capabilities planned for early next year. Management signaled continued operating leverage and sustained industry-leading organic growth.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $5.97 est $5.66 | $5.34B est $5.35B | −15.1% |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $5.84 est $5.39 | $5.19B est $5.04B | +4.7% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $5.60 est $5.47 | $4.94B est $4.98B | −3.7% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $5.23 est $4.92 | $4.93B est $4.91B | −0.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $5.20 est $4.49 | $4.55B est $4.35B | +9.8% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $4.51 est $4.23 | $3.84B est $3.77B | −7.3% |
| May 8, 2025 | $5.15 est $4.68 | $3.67B est $3.61B | +7.7% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $4.25 est $4.01 | $3.51B est $3.34B | +1.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
LPL Financial stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for LPL Financial is $405.31, +30.1% from the last close, from 14 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$405.31consensus 12-month target, +30.1% from the last close
Now $311.48Avg $405.31
Low $320High $454
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 14 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 | KBW | $395 | +26.8% |
| Nov 1 | Goldman Sachs | $400 | +28.4% |
| Nov 1 | BMO Capital | $320 | +2.7% |
| Oct 29 | KBW | $395 | +26.8% |
| Oct 29 | UBS | $369 | +18.5% |
+2.2%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
−1.4%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
LPL Financial seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, LPL Financial averaged −1.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.8% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.5% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −0.1% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −1.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −2.8% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, LPLA’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6%.
LPL Financial market cap and key statistics
LPL Financial’s market cap is $24.25B, with a P/E ratio of 17.1 and revenue of $19.99B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $24.25B
- P/E ratio
- 17.1
- Forward P/E
- 10
- EPS, TTM
- $17.45
- Gekko Fair Value
- $358.73
Trading
- Volume
- 1.26M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.15M
- 52-week high
- $400.16
- 52-week low
- $260.15
- Shares outstanding
- 77.87M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $19.99B
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Return on equity
- 25.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +39.4%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.54
- Typical daily move
- ±4.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6%
- Dividend yield
- 0.42%
LPL Financial stock news this week
Coverage of LPL Financial this week reads positive: 8 positive, 1 neutral and 3 negative headlines.
- Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich Makes New $2.09 Million Investment in LPL Financial Holdings Inc. $LPLAMarketBeat, Nov 4
- Does Earnings Turnaround Change The Bull Case For LPL Financial Holdings (LPLA)?Simply Wall St, Nov 4
- LPL Financial Welcomes Contour Wealth Management, LLCQuantisnow, Nov 3
- LPL Financial (NASDAQ:LPLA): Affordable Growth With a Low Forward P/EChartMill, Nov 3
- LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (LPLA) Seasonal returns chart - Yahoo FinanceYahoo Finance Singapore, Nov 3
- LPL FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC. : BMO CUTS TARGET PRICE TO $320 FROM $370Moomoo, Nov 2
LPL Financial peers
LPL Financial’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GSGoldman Sachs | Neutral | 5.1% below |
| SCHWCharles Schwab | Accumulation | 12.3% below |
| IBKRInteractive Brokers | Accumulation | 17.4% below |
| CMECME | Neutral | 4.3% above |
| BNYBank of New York Mellon | Neutral | 2.2% below |
| ICEIntercontinental Exchange | Neutral | 1.9% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
LPL Financial stock FAQ
What is LPL Financial’s market cap?
LPL Financial’s market cap is $24.25B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $311.48, with 77.87M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 17.1.
What is the LPL Financial stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for LPL Financial is $405.31, +30.1% from the last close. Of the 14 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 11 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is LPL Financial stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate LPL Financial is undervalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $311.48 is 13.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $358.73. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does LPL Financial report earnings next?
LPL Financial is expected to report on Feb 4, 2027, after the market closes (91 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $6.01 per share on revenue of $5.46B. LPL Financial beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 6.3% on average across the report.
What is LPL Financial’s 52-week high and low?
LPL Financial’s 52-week high is $400.16 and its 52-week low is $260.15; it closed at $311.48 on Nov 4, 2026, −17.8% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $403.58 on Jul 31, 2025.
Is LPL Financial stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and earnings risk), 1 as mixed (trend) and 2 as headwinds (smart money and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
Is there unusual options activity in LPL Financial?
Gekko flagged 1 unusual options signal in LPL Financial over the last 30 days, with $85K of flagged premium in calls and $629K in puts. The latest, bullish flow, was on Oct 29, 2026 with $714K in unusual premium. The signal-by-signal table is in Gekko.
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