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: 9,118
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
123% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 127 | Existing positions closed: 57
43% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 311 | Existing positions reduced: 217
7.97% more ownership
Funds ownership: 95.03% [Q4 2024] → 103.0% (+7.97%) [Q1 2025]
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $23.5B [Q4 2024] → $25.3B (+$1.81B) [Q1 2025]
8% more funds holding
Funds holding: 713 [Q4 2024] → 767 (+54) [Q1 2025]
11% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 28 [Q4 2024] → 25 (-3) [Q1 2025]
17% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $81.4M | Put options by funds: $97.9M
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Michael Brown | 13%upside $420 | Overweight Maintained | 11 Jul 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish | 24%upside $460 | Overweight Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
TD Cowen Bill Katz | 8%upside $403 | Hold Downgraded | 9 Jul 2025 |
Redburn Atlantic Charles Bendit | 24%upside $460 | Buy Upgraded | 9 Jun 2025 |
Citigroup Christopher Allen | 8%upside $400 | Neutral Downgraded | 9 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 15 articles about LPLA published over the past 30 days









