Kepler Capital Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Land Securities Group plc REIT (LAND)
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According to TipRanks, Livingston-Booth is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 3.5% and a 57.71% success rate. Livingston-Booth covers the Real Estate sector, focusing on stocks such as British Land Company plc, Land Securities Group plc REIT, and LondonMetric Property.
In addition to Kepler Capital , Land Securities Group plc REIT also received a Buy from Bernstein's Marios Pastou in a report issued on May 19. However, yesterday, Goldman Sachs maintained a Hold rating on Land Securities Group plc REIT (LSE: LAND).
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