LWDB vs. ATST, PCT, 3IN, BUR, PHLL, RCP, JGGI, ABDN, HGT, and CTY
Should you be buying Law Debenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Law Debenture include Alliance Trust (ATST), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Burford Capital (BUR), Petershill Partners (PHLL), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), abrdn (ABDN), HgCapital Trust (HGT), and City of London (CTY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Law Debenture vs.
Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Law Debenture's return on equity.
In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Law Debenture pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Law Debenture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alliance Trust received 31 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote.
Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Law Debenture. Alliance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Law Debenture and Alliance Trust tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LWDB) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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