Liontrust Asset Management (LIO) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Liontrust Asset Management Plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm also launches equity, fixed income, , multi-asset and managed funds for its clients. It invests into the public equity and multi-asset markets across the globe. The firm was formerly known as River and Mercantile Investment Management Limited. Liontrust Asset Management Plc was founded in 1994 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 265.50 to 310
• 50-Day Range: 256 to 318.50
• 52-Week Range: 223 to 358
• Volume: 2.33 million shs
• Average Volume: 516,688 shs
• Market Capitalization: £190.56 million
• P/E Ratio: 20.01
• Dividend Yield: 7.25%
• Price Target: GBX 360
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Liontrust Asset Management Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Liontrust Asset Management scored higher than 68% 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: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Liontrust Asset Management has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus price target of GBX 360, representing about 16.9% upside from its current price of GBX 308.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Liontrust Asset Management has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Liontrust Asset Management is 20.01, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.47.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Liontrust Asset Management is 20.01, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.68.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Liontrust Asset Management, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Liontrust Asset Management has a P/B Ratio of 1.15. 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 LIO.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Liontrust Asset Management is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.25%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Liontrust Asset Management does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Liontrust Asset Management is 370.37%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.78

News Sentiment

Liontrust Asset Management has a news sentiment score of 0.78. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Liontrust Asset Management this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £28,500 in company stock, which represents 0.0150% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Liontrust Asset Management insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £28,500 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.50% of the stock of Liontrust Asset Management is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

41.98% of the stock of Liontrust Asset Management is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/24/2026
• Today: 9/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: LON:LIO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.liontrust.co.uk
• Phone: +44-20-74121700
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 241
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Liontrust Asset Management: GBX 360
• High Price Target: GBX 500
• Low Price Target: GBX 205
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 15.39
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.01
• Forward P/E Ratio: 4.41
• P/E Growth: -1.7
• Net Income: £68.85 million
• Net Margins: 7.14%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.74%
• Return on Assets: 5.02%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.54
• Current Ratio: 1.34
• Quick Ratio: 1.35

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £134.38 million
• Price / Sales: 1.42
• Cash Flow: GBX 54.92 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.61
• Book Value: GBX 267.91 per share
• Price / Book: 1.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 61,871,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £190.56 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.47