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Law Debenture (LWDB) Competitors

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GBX 998 -2.00 (-0.20%)
As of 07/4/2025

LWDB vs. PCT, ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, BUR, BPT, and MNKS

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), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Burford Capital (BUR), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), and Monks (MNKS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Law Debenture vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Polar Capital Technology Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Law Debenture. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust and 1 mentions for Law Debenture. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Law Debenture's score of 0.20 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Polar Capital Technology Trust
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Law Debenture
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

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
Polar Capital Technology Trust£1.24B3.45£1.20B£101.863.58
Law Debenture£203.87M6.48£142.39M£107.459.29

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% 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
Polar Capital Technology Trust96.56% 30.54% 20.70%
Law Debenture 69.85%15.91%8.76%

Summary

Polar Capital Technology Trust beats Law Debenture on 8 of the 13 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£1.32B£1.25B£6.41B£2.96B
Dividend Yield3.62%4.36%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio9.2921.8113.44147.88
Price / Sales6.482,406.261,784.55258,917.23
Price / Cash13.5360.8148.8627.97
Price / Book1.431.211.404.61
Net Income£142.39M£264.68M£1.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.40%0.37%0.56%1.04%
1 Month Performance3.96%2.72%3.27%5.12%
1 Year Performance12.90%6.53%15.39%80.82%

Law Debenture Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 998
-0.2%
N/A+14.9%£1.32B£203.87M9.29260
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 365
+0.8%
N/A-89.0%£4.30B£1.24B3.58120News Coverage
Positive News
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
ABDN
abrdn
1.0032 of 5 stars
GBX 186.80
-0.1%
GBX 172
-7.9%
+20.8%£3.34B£1.49B10.624,719News Coverage
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 333.74
-1.6%
N/A+4.5%£3.08B£374M878.27N/ANews Coverage
PHLL
Petershill Partners
1.8632 of 5 stars
GBX 226.50
+2.5%
GBX 240
+6.0%
+11.9%£3.08B£706.00M9.19N/ANews Coverage
Gap Up
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 549
+0.2%
N/A-4.8%£2.83B£660.56M4.52N/ANews Coverage
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,940.50
-1.3%
N/A+3.5%£2.80B£103.46M16.7762News Coverage
BUR
Burford Capital
3.2367 of 5 stars
GBX 949.50
-0.6%
GBX 1,600
+68.5%
-0.1%£2.61B£299.55M16.99140News Coverage
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
2.1072 of 5 stars
GBX 312.46
-1.5%
GBX 359.33
+15.0%
+31.7%£2.58B£272.35M56.76391News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,298
flat
N/A+11.4%£2.50B£610.03M4.21N/ATrending News
Earnings Report

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This page (LON:LWDB) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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