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Law Debenture (LWDB) Competitors

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GBX 1,008 +2.00 (+0.20%)
As of 07/11/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

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

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

Law Debenture vs. Its Competitors

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% 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 pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Law Debenture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Hargreaves Lansdown has a net margin of 82.61% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat Law Debenture's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown82.61% 82.68% 17.10%
Law Debenture 69.85%15.91%8.76%

Hargreaves Lansdown currently has a consensus price target of GBX 684, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Hargreaves Lansdown's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than Law Debenture.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Law Debenture
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Law Debenture. Hargreaves Lansdown 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
Hargreaves Lansdown£764.90M0.00£293.20M£0.62N/A
Law Debenture£203.87M6.54£142.39M£107.459.38

In the previous week, Law Debenture had 1 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown Neutral
Law Debenture Neutral

66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats Law Debenture on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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£1.25B£6.16B£3.00B
Dividend Yield3.62%4.39%4.21%5.02%
P/E Ratio9.3822.1013.28150.84
Price / Sales6.542,369.201,742.85314,545.53
Price / Cash13.5360.81128.0727.97
Price / Book1.441.221.914.59
Net Income£142.39M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.00%14.34%11.16%11.51%
1 Month Performance2.86%2.43%6.85%7.92%
1 Year Performance12.12%5.74%17.26%32.06%

Law Debenture Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 1,008
+0.2%
N/A+12.1%£1.33B£203.87M9.38260
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
2.0285 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 684
+∞
N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 370
+0.8%
N/A-89.1%£4.36B£1.24B3.63120News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
ABDN
abrdn
1.2068 of 5 stars
GBX 189.40
+0.5%
GBX 206.50
+9.0%
+14.1%£3.39B£1.49B10.774,719News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 340.03
+0.0%
N/A+2.9%£3.14B£374M894.81N/A
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 226
-1.7%
GBX 240
+6.2%
+5.9%£3.07B£706.00M9.17N/AGap Up
BUR
Burford Capital
2.8727 of 5 stars
GBX 1,065
+1.4%
GBX 1,600
+50.2%
+0.9%£2.93B£299.55M19.05140
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 549.04
+0.2%
N/A-4.2%£2.83B£660.56M4.52N/A
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 1,914.15
-1.0%
N/A+0.1%£2.76B£103.46M16.5562
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.7454 of 5 stars
GBX 324.03
+0.5%
GBX 384
+18.5%
+39.3%£2.68B£272.35M58.86391Gap Down

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This page (LON:LWDB) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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