LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (LPLA) stock
LPLANasdaqSecurity & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & ServicesFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 29, 2026Score 17/3040% below fair value
$292.46+0.19 (+0.07%)
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $22.77BP/E 16.8Yield 0.41%
LPL Financial statistics
94 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Jan 28, 2027 (estimated, during market hours)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Nov 12, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 13, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/OCF Ratio
- 12.83
- 12.66
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 1.06
- 2.32
- EV / FCF
- 21.39
- 12.35
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- 2.77%
- 1.07%
- Float
- 77M
- 25M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 0.55%
- 0.00%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 107.4%
- 36.4%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 2M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- 11.0%
- -2.10%
- Short % of Float
- 3.13%
- 2.13%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 3.11%
- 1.55%
- Days to Cover
- 1.77
- 2.08
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $400.16
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $260.15
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $303.27
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $317.88
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $319.12
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $12.32
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- -1.03%
- -2.38%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- -10.7%
- -7.46%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -20.6%
- -1.46%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- -2.43%
- -10.7%
- Price Change (YTD)
- -18.1%
- -18.8%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- -22.3%
- -10.1%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 31.7%
- 46.9%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- 77.3%
- 12.8%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 663.2%
- 134.2%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 1M
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 1M
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 839,480
- –
- Relative Volume
- 1.36
- 0.74
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 42.1
- 38.4
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 39.2%
- 44.5%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.89
- 0.78
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 9.23%
- 21.2%
- EBITDA Margin
- 13.4%
- 19.8%
- FCF Margin
- 4.94%
- 20.5%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 25.7%
- 11.9%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 7.35%
- 2.23%
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 31.0%
- 13.5%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- 67.2%
- 12.1%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- 60.5%
- 12.7%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 25.5%
- 11.9%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 23.7%
- 9.20%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 1.64%
- 11.0%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 13.3%
- 8.95%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 1.08
- 0.25
- Revenue Per Employee
- $2.04M
- $1.01M
- Profits Per Employee
- $139.30K
- $124.33K
- Employee Count
- 10,000
- 700
- WACC
- 9.56%
- 8.80%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $1.88B
- $253.40M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- $1.21B
- $43.44M
- Net Cash Per Share
- $15.59
- $1.66
- Equity (Book Value)
- $5.81B
- $503.26M
- Book Value Per Share
- $74.64
- $20.64
- Tangible Book Value
- -$359.66M
- $226.58M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$766.58M
- -$13.10M
- FCF Per Share
- $12.94
- $2.11
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 6.12%
- 3.95%
- FCF Yield
- 4.43%
- 6.23%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.41%
- 1.66%
- Buyback Yield
- 2.68%
- 1.88%
- Shareholder Yield
- 3.09%
- 2.91%
- Dividend Per Share
- $1.20
- $1.40
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 0.00%
- 5.80%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 0
- 2
- Payout Ratio
- 6.87%
- 42.3%
- FCF Payout Ratio
- 9.49%
- 25.6%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $413.24M
- $38.36M
- Income Tax
- $489.83M
- $37.71M
- Effective Tax Rate
- 26.0%
- 21.5%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $171.09
- $42.72
- Graham Upside
- -41.5%
- -37.7%
- Altman Z-Score
- 2.48
- 11.57
- Piotroski F-Score
- 3
- 5
- Lynch Fair Value
- $231.07
- –
- Lynch Upside
- -21.0%
- -21.7%
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | LPLA | S&P 500 | Difference | LPLA per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -10.1% | -3.0% | −7.1 pts | ||
| 3 months | -21.9% | -2.8% | −19.1 pts | ||
| Year to date | -17.8% | +11.5% | −29.3 pts | ||
| 1 year | -21.2% | +13.5% | −34.6 pts | ||
| 3 years | +30.6% | +77.7% | −47.1 pts | +9.3% | +21.1% |
| 5 years | +81.3% | +72.6% | +8.7 pts | +12.6% | +11.5% |
| 10 years | +773.9% | +308.2% | +465.8 pts | +24.2% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
2M LPLA shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, up 11.0% from the previous report, or 3.13% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 1.8 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 47.2% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 2,422,001 | +11.0% | 1,369,958 | 1.8 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2,181,600 | +10.5% | 787,505 | 2.8 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1,974,698 | +11.6% | 968,140 | 2.0 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1,768,918 | -7.3% | 594,529 | 3.0 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1,907,768 | -22.5% | 498,385 | 3.8 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 2,461,913 | -14.9% | 664,912 | 3.7 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2,894,304 | -40.4% | 720,682 | 4.0 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 4,852,571 | +12.4% | 699,073 | 6.9 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4,315,354 | +14.8% | 1,335,892 | 3.2 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3,759,671 | +26.7% | 1,005,163 | 3.7 |
| May 29, 2026 | 2,968,536 | -5.8% | 1,309,599 | 2.3 |
| May 15, 2026 | 3,151,158 | -3.2% | 908,211 | 3.5 |
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