| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 0/6 |
| Future Growth | 0/6 |
| Past Performance | 0/6 |
| Financial Health | 2/6 |
| Dividends | 0/6 |
LAW Overview
LawFinance Limited provides financing solutions to law firms in Australia and the United States.
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | AU$0.98 |
| 52 Week High | AU$0.77 |
| 52 Week Low | AU$4.10 |
| Beta | 1.32 |
| 1 Month Change | -4.85% |
| 3 Month Change | 12.64% |
| 1 Year Change | -70.30% |
| 3 Year Change | n/a |
| 5 Year Change | -95.55% |
| Change since IPO | -100.00% |
Recent News & Updates
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Shareholder Returns
| LAW | AU Diversified Financial | AU Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -4.9% | 4.7% | 0.8% |
| 1Y | -70.3% | 20.3% | 24.4% |
Return vs Industry: LAW underperformed the Australian Diversified Financial industry which returned 20.3% over the past year.
Return vs Market: LAW underperformed the Australian Market which returned 24.4% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| LAW volatility | |
|---|---|
| LAW Beta | 1.32 |
| Industry Beta | 0.92 |
| Market Beta | 1 |
Stable Share Price: LAW is not significantly more volatile than the rest of Australian stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 7% a week.
Volatility Over Time: LAW's weekly volatility has decreased from 14% to 7% over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | n/a | Daniel Kleijn | https://www.justkapital.com.au |
LawFinance Limited provides financing solutions to law firms in Australia and the United States. The company operates through JustKapital Finance and National Health Finance segments. It offers disbursement and short-term, and medical lien funding services.
LawFinance Fundamentals Summary
| LAW fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market Cap | US$29.95m |
| Earnings (TTM) | -US$69.39m |
| Revenue (TTM) | n/a |
-6.8x
P/S Ratio-0.4x
P/E RatioIs LAW overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| LAW income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | -US$4.38m |
| Cost of Revenue | US$545.00k |
| Gross Profit | -US$4.93m |
| Expenses | US$64.46m |
| Earnings | -US$69.39m |
Last Reported Earnings
Jun 30, 2021
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | -1.70 |
| Gross Margin | 112.43% |
| Net Profit Margin | 1,582.39% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | -1,761.9% |
How did LAW perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonValuation
Is LawFinance undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
In this section, we usually try to help investors determine whether LawFinance is trading at an attractive price based on the cash flow it is expected to produce in the future. But as LawFinance has not provided consistent financial data, and the stock also has no analyst forecast or coverage, its intrinsic value cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst consensus cash flow predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 89% of companies covered by Simply Wall St do have a valuation analysis.
Future Growth
How is LawFinance forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
-20.3%
Forecasted Diversified Financials industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as LawFinance has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Past Performance
How has LawFinance performed over the past 5 years?
-66.5%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: LAW is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: LAW is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: LAW is unprofitable, and losses have increased over the past 5 years at a rate of 66.5% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare LAW's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: LAW is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Diversified Financial industry (-19%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: LAW's liabilities exceed its assets, so it is difficult to calculate its Return on Equity.
Financial Health
How is LawFinance's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: LAW has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering short term liabilities.
Long Term Liabilities: LAW has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than short term assets not covering long term liabilities.
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: LAW has negative shareholder equity, which is a more serious situation than a high debt level.
Reducing Debt: LAW's has negative shareholder equity, so we do not need to check if its debt has reduced over time.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: LAW has sufficient cash runway for more than a year based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: LAW has sufficient cash runway for 1 years if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of 17.5% each year.
Dividend
What is LawFinance current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate LAW's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate LAW's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if LAW's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if LAW's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of LAW's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Australian market.
Next Steps
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
0.8yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Daniel Kleijn
0.83
Tenure
US$348,950
Compensation
Mr. Daniel Kleijn has been Chief Executive Officer at LawFinance Limited since December 08, 2020 and has been its Managing Director since December 11, 2020 and also has been its Director since December 8,...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Daniel's total compensation ($USD348.95K) is about average for companies of similar size in the Australian market ($USD301.38K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Daniel's compensation with company performance.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: LAW's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.
Board Members
Experienced Board: LAW's board of directors are considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: LAW insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 321.8%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
LawFinance Limited's employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: LawFinance Limited
- Ticker: LAW
- Exchange: ASX
- Founded: 1999
- Industry: Specialized Finance
- Sector: Diversified Financials
- Market Cap: AU$39.955m
- Shares outstanding: 40.77m
- Website: https://www.justkapital.com.au
Location
- LawFinance Limited
- 56 Pitt Street
- Suite 2
- Sydney
- New South Wales
- 2000
- Australia
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/10/26 07:02 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/10/25 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2021/06/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2020/12/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.