Liontrust Asset Management PLC

BATS-CHIXE:LIOl Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£262.4m

Liontrust Asset Management Valuation

Is LIOl undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LIOl when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
UK£10.54
Fair Value
60.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: LIOl (£4.16) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£10.54)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LIOl is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LIOl?

Key metric: As LIOl is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LIOl. This is calculated by dividing LIOl's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LIOl's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18x
EarningsUK£14.58m
Market CapUK£262.39m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LIOl's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LIOl vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.5x
TMI Taylor Maritime Investments
4xn/aUS$322.4m
ENRG VH Global Energy Infrastructure
12.9xn/aUK£246.2m
BRK Brooks Macdonald Group
39.9x29.1%UK£257.6m
BOOK Literacy Capital
13.2xn/aUK£276.0m
LIOl Liontrust Asset Management
18x27.3%UK£262.4m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LIOl is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the peer average (17.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LIOl's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Capital Markets Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
PNIX Phoenix Digital Assets
1.3xn/aUS$34.43m
IX. i(x) Net Zero
0.1xn/aUS$8.94m
APQ APQ Global
0.4xn/aUS$6.23m
MAFL Mineral & Financial Investments
2.4xn/aUS$5.89m
No. of Companies20PE01020304050+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LIOl is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the UK Capital Markets industry average (11.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LIOl's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LIOl PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18x
Fair PE Ratio17.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LIOl is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LIOl forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£4.16
UK£6.54
+57.3%
30.1%UK£10.50UK£3.90n/a9
Jan ’26UK£4.72
UK£6.89
+45.9%
26.4%UK£10.50UK£4.80n/a8
Dec ’25UK£4.36
UK£6.91
+58.7%
25.9%UK£10.50UK£5.00n/a8
Nov ’25UK£4.73
UK£7.42
+57.0%
23.9%UK£10.50UK£5.00n/a8
Oct ’25UK£5.75
UK£8.05
+40.1%
18.6%UK£10.50UK£5.50n/a8
Sep ’25UK£6.25
UK£8.11
+29.9%
17.2%UK£10.50UK£6.00n/a8
Aug ’25UK£6.55
UK£8.11
+23.8%
17.2%UK£10.50UK£6.00n/a8
Jul ’25UK£6.83
UK£8.17
+19.6%
16.8%UK£10.50UK£6.00n/a8
Jun ’25UK£8.23
UK£8.09
-1.7%
16.9%UK£10.50UK£6.00n/a8
May ’25UK£6.76
UK£8.09
+19.6%
16.9%UK£10.50UK£6.00n/a8
Apr ’25UK£6.68
UK£8.38
+25.5%
17.8%UK£10.50UK£6.00n/a8
Mar ’25UK£6.48
UK£8.38
+29.2%
17.8%UK£10.50UK£6.00n/a8
Feb ’25UK£6.19
UK£8.38
+35.4%
17.8%UK£10.50UK£6.00n/a8
Jan ’25UK£6.30
UK£8.50
+34.9%
22.0%UK£11.00UK£5.50UK£4.727
Dec ’24UK£5.35
UK£8.50
+59.0%
22.0%UK£11.00UK£5.50UK£4.367
Nov ’24UK£5.31
UK£8.67
+63.4%
23.7%UK£11.00UK£5.10UK£4.736
Oct ’24UK£6.09
UK£9.77
+60.4%
28.3%UK£15.10UK£7.10UK£5.756
Sep ’24UK£6.53
UK£9.77
+49.6%
28.3%UK£15.10UK£7.10UK£6.256
Aug ’24UK£6.37
UK£12.84
+101.7%
42.7%UK£22.50UK£7.10UK£6.555
Jul ’24UK£7.17
UK£12.04
+68.0%
44.5%UK£22.50UK£7.21UK£6.836
Jun ’24UK£7.94
UK£12.28
+54.7%
42.9%UK£22.50UK£7.05UK£8.236
May ’24UK£8.62
UK£12.58
+46.0%
39.9%UK£22.50UK£7.70UK£6.766
Apr ’24UK£10.20
UK£14.32
+40.4%
32.4%UK£22.50UK£10.22UK£6.685
Mar ’24UK£11.72
UK£14.14
+20.6%
30.2%UK£22.50UK£10.22UK£6.486
Feb ’24UK£11.84
UK£14.11
+19.2%
30.3%UK£22.50UK£10.22UK£6.196
Jan ’24UK£11.20
UK£13.84
+23.5%
31.7%UK£22.50UK£10.21UK£6.306
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 9 Analysts
UK£6.59
Fair Value
37.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/12 05:11
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/10 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* 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 here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Liontrust Asset Management PLC is covered by 16 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael SandersonBarclays
Michael SandersonBarclays
Daisy XuBarclays