Lords Group Trading (LORD) Stock Overview

Distributes building materials, plumbing, heating, and DIY goods to local tradesmen, developers, small and medium construction companies, and retail customers. More details

LORD fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 86.5% per year

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Risk Analysis

Volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the UK market

Dividend of 3.96% is not well covered by earnings

Does not have a meaningful market cap (£22M)

Community Fair Values

Lords Group Trading plc Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Lords Group Trading
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£0.13
52 Week High	UK£0.43
52 Week Low	UK£0.12
Beta	1.27
1 Month Change	-21.05%
3 Month Change	-22.79%
1 Year Change	-68.75%
3 Year Change	-78.48%
5 Year Change	-89.11%
Change since IPO	-86.88%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	LORD	GB Trade Distributors	GB Market
7D	6.1%	-2.5%	-0.8%
1Y	-68.8%	18.9%	17.3%

Return vs Industry: LORD underperformed the UK Trade Distributors industry which returned 18% over the past year.

Return vs Market: LORD underperformed the UK Market which returned 18.3% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is LORD's price volatile compared to industry and market?
LORD volatility
LORD Average Weekly Movement	8.5%
Trade Distributors Industry Average Movement	5.3%
Market Average Movement	5.1%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.4%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: LORD's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: LORD's weekly volatility (9%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of UK stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1985	1,042	Shanker Patel	www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk

Lords Group Trading plc distributes building materials, plumbing, heating, and DIY goods to local tradesmen, developers, small and medium construction companies, and retail customers. The company operates in three segments: Merchanting; Plumbing and Heating; and Digital. It distributes heating and plumbing products to a network of independent merchants, installers, and public.

Lords Group Trading plc Fundamentals Summary

How do Lords Group Trading's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
LORD fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£21.82m
Earnings (TTM)	-UK£4.40m
Revenue (TTM)	UK£472.80m

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P/S Ratio

-5.0x

P/E Ratio

Is LORD overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
LORD income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£472.80m
Cost of Revenue	UK£379.80m
Gross Profit	UK£93.00m
Other Expenses	UK£97.40m
Earnings	-UK£4.40m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.026
Gross Margin	19.67%
Net Profit Margin	-0.93%
Debt/Equity Ratio	67.9%

How did LORD perform over the long term?

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Dividends

4.0%

Current Dividend Yield

-20%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/08/13 04:17
End of Day Share Price	2026/08/13 00:00
Earnings	2025/12/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Lords Group Trading plc is covered by 6 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Robert Chantry	Berenberg
Joseph George	Berenberg
Edward Stacey	Cavendish