Law Debenture (LWDB) Competitors

Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) and M&G (LON:MNG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Is LWDB or MNG more profitable?

Law Debenture has a net margin of 69.85% compared to M&G's net margin of 2.69%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 16.30% beat M&G's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Law Debenture	69.85%	16.30%	8.76%
M&G	2.69%	4.58%	0.40%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LWDB or MNG?

M&G has higher revenue and earnings than Law Debenture. Law Debenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Law Debenture	£201.31M	5.84	£140.61M	£1.08	829.94
M&G	£6.21B	0.75	£167M	£0.07	2,788.57

Is LWDB or MNG a better dividend stock?

Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Law Debenture pays out 2,963.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. M&G pays out 28,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LWDB or MNG?

9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of M&G shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of M&G shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, LWDB or MNG?

Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&G has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LWDB or MNG?

In the previous week, Law Debenture and Law Debenture both had 1 articles in the media. M&G's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Law Debenture's score of 0.50 indicating that M&G is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Law Debenture	Positive
M&G	Positive

Do analysts prefer LWDB or MNG?

M&G has a consensus price target of GBX 223.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.41%. Given M&G's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe M&G is more favorable than Law Debenture.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Law Debenture	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
M&G	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LWDB or MNG?

Law Debenture received 27 more outperform votes than M&G when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote while only 48.15% of users gave M&G an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Law Debenture	Outperform Votes 79 64.75%	Underperform Votes 43 35.25%
M&G	Outperform Votes 52 48.15%	Underperform Votes 56 51.85%

Summary

M&G beats Law Debenture on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.