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: 280.50 to 290
• 50-Day Range: 277.50 to 353.96
• 52-Week Range: 221.88 to 385
• Volume: 98,722 shs
• Average Volume: 601,937 shs
• Market Capitalization: £166.87 million
• P/E Ratio: 18.32
• Dividend Yield: 6.69%
• Price Target: GBX 364
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Liontrust Asset Management Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Liontrust Asset Management scored higher than 84% 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: 3.7 / 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 364, representing about 29.0% upside from its current price of GBX 282.15.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Liontrust Asset Management has only been the subject of 3 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 18.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.83.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Liontrust Asset Management is 18.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 29.31.

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 1.05. 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 6.69%, 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: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Liontrust Asset Management has a news sentiment score of 0.63. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.87 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Search Interest

1 people have searched for LIO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

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

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Liontrust Asset Management in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £10,787.04 in company stock, which represents 0.0065% 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 £10,787.04 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.64% 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: 7/29/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Asset Management
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• 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 364
• High Price Target: GBX 500
• Low Price Target: GBX 205
• Potential Upside/Downside: +28.4%
• 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: 18.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: 4.06
• 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: 1.25
• Cash Flow: GBX 50.55 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.61
• Book Value: GBX 267.91 per share
• Price / Book: 1.06

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 59,174,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £167.76 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.49