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Law Debenture (LWDB) Competitors

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GBX 879.68 -5.32 (-0.60%)
(As of 08:37 AM ET)

LWDB vs. STJ, PCT, ATST, 3IN, JGGI, RCP, BPT, PHLL, MNKS, and ABDN

Should you be buying Law Debenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Law Debenture include St. James's Place (STJ), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Monks (MNKS), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Law Debenture vs.

Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

In the previous week, St. James's Place had 1 more articles in the media than Law Debenture. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for St. James's Place and 0 mentions for Law Debenture. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled St. James' Place'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Law Debenture Neutral
St. James's Place Neutral

Law Debenture has a net margin of 69.85% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.03%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 16.30% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Law Debenture69.85% 16.30% 8.76%
St. James's Place -0.03%-0.55%0.22%

Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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. St. James's Place pays out -140,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

St. James's Place has a consensus target price of GBX 784.25, indicating a potential downside of 3.65%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe St. James's Place 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
St. James's Place
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Law Debenture has higher earnings, but lower revenue than St. James's Place. St. James's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Law Debenture£201.31M5.73£140.61M£1.08814.51
St. James's Place£26.80B0.16-£6.60M-£0.01-81,400.00

St. James's Place received 664 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.77% of users gave St. James's Place an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Law DebentureOutperform Votes
79
64.75%
Underperform Votes
43
35.25%
St. James's PlaceOutperform Votes
743
72.77%
Underperform Votes
278
27.23%

Summary

St. James's Place beats Law Debenture on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LWDB vs. The Competition

MetricLaw DebentureAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.15B£789.75M£3.22B£1.38B
Dividend Yield3.62%13.40%4.64%11.73%
P/E Ratio814.51756.00437.701,559.07
Price / Sales5.7313,585.503,290.00207,535.52
Price / Cash13.5378.8347.9332.93
Price / Book1.261.722.332.83
Net Income£140.61M£57.11M£394.92M£152.61M
7 Day Performance-0.71%-0.65%7.94%3.54%
1 Month Performance-1.16%0.90%1.79%2.32%
1 Year Performance10.51%10.71%16.24%106.01%

Law Debenture Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 879.68
-0.6%
N/A+11.2%£1.15B£201.31M814.51260
STJ
St. James's Place
0.7684 of 5 stars
GBX 804.50
-0.3%
N/A+17.8%£4.34B£26.80B-80,450.002,298
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 334.85
-1.2%
N/A-86.4%£3.98B£1.15B367.96120Positive News
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AGBX 1,214
+0.3%
N/A+19.1%£3.42B£652.76M572.643Positive News
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 330.33
-0.1%
N/A-2.4%£3.05B£374M869.29N/ADividend Increase
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 589.19
-0.8%
N/A+19.7%£2.90B£345.48M677.23N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,920.99
-0.3%
N/A+9.5%£2.76B£314.90M1,185.7962
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
0.6779 of 5 stars
GBX 333.40
+1.2%
N/A+61.6%£2.74B£342.10M4,167.50391
PHLL
Petershill Partners
1.1409 of 5 stars
GBX 237
+0.6%
N/A+59.9%£2.56B£578.70M1,030.43N/ADividend Increase
News Coverage
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,259.40
-1.1%
N/A+24.6%£2.54B£419.32M707.53N/A
ABDN
abrdn
1.0666 of 5 stars
GBX 140.20
+1.7%
N/A-19.2%£2.50B£1.41B824.714,719

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This page (LON:LWDB) was last updated on 11/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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