LWDB vs. HL, PCT, ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, BUR, JGGI, RCP, and BPT
Should you be buying Law Debenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Law Debenture include Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Burford Capital (BUR), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), and Bridgepoint Group (BPT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Law Debenture vs. Its Competitors
Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Law Debenture. Hargreaves Lansdown is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Law Debenture pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Law Debenture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hargreaves Lansdown has a net margin of 82.61% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat Law Debenture's return on equity.
Given Hargreaves Lansdown's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than Law Debenture.
Summary
Hargreaves Lansdown beats Law Debenture on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:LWDB) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
