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Law Debenture (LWDB) Competitors

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GBX 1,004 -14.00 (-1.38%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:04 PM Eastern

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

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), Petershill Partners (PHLL), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Burford Capital (BUR), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), and Man Group (EMG). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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£203.87M6.51£142.39M£107.459.34
Polar Capital Technology Trust£1.24B3.73£1.20B£101.863.87

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%

In the previous week, Law Debenture and Law Debenture both had 2 articles in the media. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Law Debenture's score of 1.07 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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.

Summary

Polar Capital Technology Trust beats Law Debenture on 7 of the 12 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£1.33B£1.29B£6.33B£3.03B
Dividend Yield3.62%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio9.3422.3614.03176.74
Price / Sales6.512,556.001,858.76264,367.13
Price / Cash13.5360.70127.5327.97
Price / Book1.441.452.244.54
Net Income£142.39M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.20%-0.34%-0.46%-0.92%
1 Month Performance1.41%0.63%1.91%6.15%
1 Year Performance13.32%6.54%19.37%71.63%

Law Debenture Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 1,004
-1.4%
N/A+10.1%£1.33B£203.87M9.34260Positive News
Earnings Report
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 383.50
+0.5%
N/A-87.3%£4.52B£1.24B3.76120Positive News
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
ABDN
abrdn
1.8352 of 5 stars
GBX 198.70
+0.5%
GBX 184.33
-7.2%
+14.4%£3.56B£1.49B11.304,719News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 237
-0.6%
GBX 292.50
+23.4%
+3.4%£3.22B£706.00M9.62N/A
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 345
+0.1%
N/A+1.3%£3.18B£374M907.89N/APositive News
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 565
+0.5%
N/A-0.5%£2.91B£660.56M4.66N/A
BUR
Burford Capital
2.729 of 5 stars
GBX 1,035
+1.1%
GBX 1,600
+54.6%
-12.5%£2.85B£299.55M18.51140
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,910
+0.2%
N/A+0.3%£2.75B£103.46M16.5162News Coverage
Positive News
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.3421 of 5 stars
GBX 323.20
+2.1%
GBX 371
+14.8%
+10.8%£2.67B£272.35M58.71391Gap Down
EMG
Man Group
2.6453 of 5 stars
GBX 183.40
+1.4%
GBX 235.80
+28.6%
-30.9%£2.65B£1.69B8.651,790News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (LON:LWDB) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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