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Law Debenture (LWDB) Competitors

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LWDB vs. PCT, ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, RCP, JGGI, BUR, EMG, and HICL

Should you be buying Law Debenture stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Law Debenture include Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Burford Capital (BUR), Man Group (EMG), and HICL Infrastructure (HICL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Law Debenture vs. Its Competitors

Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

In the previous week, Law Debenture had 2 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Polar Capital Technology Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Law Debenture Positive
Polar Capital Technology Trust Neutral

9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Polar Capital Technology Trust received 4 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Law DebentureOutperform Votes
79
64.75%
Underperform Votes
43
35.25%
Polar Capital Technology TrustOutperform Votes
83
64.34%
Underperform Votes
46
35.66%

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Law Debenture. Polar Capital Technology 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Law Debenture£203.87M6.30£142.39M£107.459.04
Polar Capital Technology Trust£1.24B3.20£1.20B£101.863.31

Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 96.56% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat Law Debenture's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Law Debenture69.85% 15.91% 8.76%
Polar Capital Technology Trust 96.56%30.54%20.70%

Summary

Law Debenture beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LWDB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LWDB vs. The Competition

MetricLaw DebentureAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.28B£1.20B£5.66B£2.91B
Dividend Yield3.62%4.34%4.13%4.90%
P/E Ratio9.0421.4912.66124.58
Price / Sales6.302,395.051,712.52248,060.34
Price / Cash13.5360.8149.9228.07
Price / Book1.391.163.154.64
Net Income£142.39M£264.77M£1.23B£5.91B
7 Day Performance0.62%12.00%6.11%12.09%
1 Month Performance3.96%29.67%15.60%22.37%
1 Year Performance14.64%5.02%14.57%77.35%

Law Debenture Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 971
-0.9%
N/A+13.7%£1.28B£203.87M9.04260
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 337.50
+1.2%
N/A-89.5%£3.98B£1.24B3.31120Positive News
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
ABDN
abrdn
0.7051 of 5 stars
GBX 174.64
-2.7%
GBX 163.50
-6.4%
+26.6%£3.13B£1.49B9.934,719
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 335
+0.3%
N/A+8.1%£3.09B£374M881.58N/ANews Coverage
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 215
+0.9%
GBX 240
+11.6%
+2.7%£2.92B£706.00M8.72N/A
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,922
+0.5%
N/A+5.9%£2.77B£103.46M16.6162Positive News
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 534
+0.8%
N/A-2.2%£2.75B£660.56M4.40N/APositive News
BUR
Burford Capital
2.7989 of 5 stars
GBX 937
-1.3%
GBX 1,600
+70.8%
-13.9%£2.58B£299.55M16.76140
EMG
Man Group
2.3192 of 5 stars
GBX 174.60
-0.7%
GBX 278
+59.2%
-32.1%£2.52B£1.69B8.241,790
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 120.40
+0.8%
N/A-0.2%£2.40B£105.30M23.62N/A

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This page (LON:LWDB) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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