LPL FinancialLPLA
About: 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 2024, the company had over 29,000 advisors on its platform managing $1.7 trillion of client assets. The company doesn't have material operations outside the United States.
Employees: 9,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
147% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 146 | Existing positions closed: 59
42% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $16.6B [Q3] → $23.5B (+$6.92B) [Q4]
27% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 22 [Q3] → 28 (+6) [Q4]
12% more funds holding
Funds holding: 633 [Q3] → 710 (+77) [Q4]
0.05% less ownership
Funds ownership: 95.05% [Q3] → 95.01% (-0.05%) [Q4]
11% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $118M | Put options by funds: $132M
16% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 222 | Existing positions reduced: 265
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Michael Brown 39% 1-year accuracy 29 / 75 met price target | 7%upside $342 | Overweight Maintained | 8 Apr 2025 |
JMP Securities Devin Ryan 67% 1-year accuracy 4 / 6 met price target | 31%upside $420 | Market Outperform Maintained | 8 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish 66% 1-year accuracy 88 / 133 met price target | 14%upside $365 | Overweight Maintained | 7 Apr 2025 |
Citigroup Christopher Allen 63% 1-year accuracy 12 / 19 met price target | 25%upside $400 | Buy Maintained | 2 Apr 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Michael Cyprys 52% 1-year accuracy 13 / 25 met price target | 29%upside $413 | Overweight Maintained | 6 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about LPLA published over the past 30 days









