Wilmington (WIL) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wilmington plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides information, data, training, and education solutions to professional markets in the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. It operates in two divisions, Intelligence and Training & Education. The Intelligence division offers risk and compliance data to a range of industries, including insurance, pensions, legal, and healthcare. The Training & Education division provides compliance training and technical support comprising formal qualifications, continuing education, and mandatory training through instructor-led and self-guided formats for customers across various industries, such as financial services, accountancy, and healthcare. The company also offers news information services to the healthcare industry; international compliance and regulatory information for the insurance industry; Certified professional training; witness training and conference services; cloud-based insight, CRM, KAM, and consultancy services to the pharmaceutical industry; facilitation of ISO certification services for businesses; training courses in compliance and money laundering; and reference information for the healthcare industry. In addition, it offers training and support services for the accountancy profession; legacy information services; trust and shared services; professional association services; and conference and networking services for specialist events in the healthcare and finance industries. The company was formerly known as Wilmington Group plc and changed its name to Wilmington plc in February 2015. Wilmington plc was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 385 to 386
• 50-Day Range: 365 to 415
• 52-Week Range: 274.60 to 418
• Volume: 115,724 shs
• Average Volume: 115,143 shs
• Market Capitalization: £343.92 million
• P/E Ratio: 2,026.32
• Dividend Yield: 2.86%
• Price Target: GBX 418
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Wilmington Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wilmington scored higher than 11% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Wilmington has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wilmington has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wilmington is 2,026.32, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 135.56.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wilmington is 2,026.32, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 208.01.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Wilmington has a PEG Ratio of 1.44. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Wilmington has a P/B Ratio of 2.96. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WIL.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Wilmington pays a meaningful dividend of 2.83%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Wilmington does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Wilmington is 5,789.47%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WIL.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.04

News Sentiment

Wilmington has a news sentiment score of -0.04. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 34 news articles for Wilmington this week, compared to 33 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wilmington insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £290,418.70 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.70% of the stock of Wilmington is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.22% of the stock of Wilmington is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

WIL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WIL shares performed this year?

Wilmington's stock was trading at GBX 332 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WIL stock has increased by 16.0% and is now trading at GBX 385.
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How do I buy shares of Wilmington?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Wilmington own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Wilmington investors own include Kingfisher (KGF), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), (CHUBA) (CHUBA), Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), Donaldson (DCI) and Dunkin' Brands Group (DNKN).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 12/4 Dividend: 10/31/2024
• Today: 11/22/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/04/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Education & Training Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:WIL
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wilmingtonplc.com
• Phone: +44-20-74900049
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 418
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 418
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 418
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.19
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2,026.32
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.88
• P/E Growth: 1.44
• Net Income: £17.20 million
• Net Margins: 41.91%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 17.55%
• Return on Assets: 7.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.45
• Current Ratio: 1.70
• Quick Ratio: 0.86

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £98.32 million
• Price / Sales: 3.50
• Cash Flow: GBX 29.40 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.10
• Book Value: GBX 130 per share
• Price / Book: 2.96

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 89,330,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £343.92 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.84