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Law Debenture (LWDB) Competitors

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GBX 899.66 -4.34 (-0.48%)
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LWDB vs. PCT, ATST, PHLL, ABDN, EMG, 3IN, BUR, JGGI, RCP, and BPT

Should you be buying Law Debenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Law Debenture include Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Petershill Partners (PHLL), abrdn (ABDN), Man Group (EMG), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), 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.

Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 96.56% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat Law Debenture's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Polar Capital Technology Trust96.56% 30.54% 20.70%
Law Debenture 69.85%15.91%8.76%

Polar Capital Technology Trust received 4 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Polar Capital Technology TrustOutperform Votes
83
64.34%
Underperform Votes
46
35.66%
Law DebentureOutperform Votes
79
64.75%
Underperform Votes
43
35.25%

In the previous week, Law Debenture had 2 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Polar Capital Technology Trust Neutral
Law Debenture Positive

43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Law Debenture. Polar Capital Technology Trust 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
Polar Capital Technology Trust£1.24B2.97£1.20B£101.863.08
Law Debenture£203.87M5.85£142.39M£107.458.40

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Law Debenture beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 8 of the 15 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£1.19B£1.16B£4.29B£2.61B
Dividend Yield3.62%4.41%4.19%4.95%
P/E Ratio8.4026.8715.93142.41
Price / Sales5.852,209.231,656.30278,803.87
Price / Cash13.5360.9849.0727.93
Price / Book1.291.123.374.60
Net Income£142.39M£260.32M£1.28B£5.78B
7 Day Performance0.37%0.04%0.43%0.44%
1 Month Performance-0.51%-1.66%6.67%5.90%
1 Year Performance13.64%4.86%10.58%125.11%

Law Debenture Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 899.66
-0.5%
N/A+14.1%£1.19B£203.87M8.37260News Coverage
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 305
-0.7%
N/A-89.6%£3.60B£1.24B2.99120Positive News
High Trading Volume
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 240
flat
GBX 245.33
+2.2%
+29.1%£3.26B£706.00M9.74N/AHigh Trading Volume
ABDN
abrdn
0.8765 of 5 stars
GBX 174.90
-0.4%
GBX 163.50
-6.5%
+17.6%£3.13B£1.49B9.944,719Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EMG
Man Group
2.7623 of 5 stars
GBX 210.20
+0.4%
GBX 291.17
+38.5%
-20.0%£3.03B£1.69B9.921,790High Trading Volume
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 316.50
+0.2%
N/A-3.7%£2.92B£374M832.89N/ADividend Increase
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BUR
Burford Capital
2.2982 of 5 stars
GBX 1,058
flat
GBX 1,600
+51.2%
-13.5%£2.91B£299.55M18.93140High Trading Volume
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 544
flat
N/A-1.8%£2.80B£660.56M4.48N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,890
-0.4%
N/A+8.2%£2.72B£103.46M16.3462High Trading Volume
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.1046 of 5 stars
GBX 321
+1.8%
GBX 334
+4.0%
+29.7%£2.65B£272.35M58.31391Gap Down
High Trading Volume
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This page (LON:LWDB) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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