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Law Debenture BATS-CHIXE:LWDBL Stock Report

Last Price

UK£9.41

Market Cap

UK£1.3b

7D

1.2%

1Y

5.5%

Updated

19 May, 2025

Data

Company Financials

The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c.

BATS-CHIXE:LWDBL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.3b

LWDBL Stock Overview

An investment trust, provides independent professional services to companies, agencies, organizations, and individuals worldwide. More details

LWDBL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation1/6
Future Growth0/6
Past Performance4/6
Financial Health4/6
Dividends4/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (12.9x) is below the UK market (16.5x)

Earnings grew by 29% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 3.56% is not well covered by free cash flows


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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Law Debenture
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUK£9.41
52 Week HighUK£9.41
52 Week LowUK£7.42
Beta0.79
1 Month Change8.29%
3 Month Change2.95%
1 Year Change5.49%
3 Year Change17.48%
5 Year Change96.04%
Change since IPO153.91%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

LWDBLGB Capital MarketsGB Market
7D1.2%0.6%0.9%
1Y5.5%17.8%0.7%

Return vs Industry: LWDBL underperformed the UK Capital Markets industry which returned 18.1% over the past year.

Return vs Market: LWDBL exceeded the UK Market which returned 0.7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is LWDBL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
LWDBL volatility
LWDBL Average Weekly Movement3.5%
Capital Markets Industry Average Movement5.0%
Market Average Movement5.8%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market11.2%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market3.2%

Stable Share Price: LWDBL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: LWDBL's weekly volatility (4%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
1889298Denis Jacksonwww.lawdebenture.com

The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c., an investment trust, provides independent professional services to companies, agencies, organizations, and individuals worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Investment Portfolio and Independent Professional Services. It provides corporate secretarial services; corporate trust services, including bond/security trustee, escrow agent, bespoke trust solutions, facility agent, and paying agent; pension trustee services comprising independent trustee, chair of trustees, corporate sole trustee, co-trustee, subcommittee chair or member, master trust trustee, IGC member or for ad-hoc support, data protection framework, and pension services in Ireland; process agent; whistleblowing services; and outsourced pensions executive solutions consisting of pensions management, scheme secretarial, and specialist support services to projects, pension scheme trustees, and corporates.

The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. Fundamentals Summary

How do Law Debenture's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
LWDBL fundamental statistics
Market capUK£1.25b
Earnings (TTM)UK£96.95m
Revenue (TTM)UK£176.04m

12.9x

P/E Ratio

7.1x

P/S Ratio

Is LWDBL overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
LWDBL income statement (TTM)
RevenueUK£176.04m
Cost of RevenueUK£8.21m
Gross ProfitUK£167.82m
Other ExpensesUK£70.87m
EarningsUK£96.95m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.73
Gross Margin95.34%
Net Profit Margin55.07%
Debt/Equity Ratio17.8%

How did LWDBL perform over the long term?

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Dividends

3.6%

Current Dividend Yield

45%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/19 17:30
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

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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

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Analyst Sources

The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.