Quilter (QLT) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Quilter is a leading UK-focused full-service wealth manager, providing advice-led investment solutions and investment platform services to over 500,000 clients. Its purpose is to create brighter financial futures for every generation. Quilter strives to do this through supporting long-term advice-based relationships, delivering good investment management performance while maintaining consistently high-quality customer service. It has leading positions in one of the world’s largest wealth markets, and its multi-channel distribution, award-winning platform and investment solutions are delivering attractive growth.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 180.20 to 184.60
• 50-Day Range: 169.50 to 196.79
• 52-Week Range: 136.70 to 201.60
• Volume: 7.99 million shs
• Average Volume: 27.30 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.14
• Dividend Yield: 3.44%
• Price Target: GBX 201.57
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Quilter Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Quilter scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Quilter has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Quilter has a consensus price target of GBX 201.57, representing about 10.9% upside from its current price of GBX 181.79.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Quilter has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Quilter is 21.14, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.55.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Quilter is 21.14, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 15.83.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Quilter has a PEG Ratio of 2.50. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Quilter has a P/B Ratio of 1.64. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for QLT.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Quilter pays a meaningful dividend of 3.44%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Quilter does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Quilter is 72.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.50

News Sentiment

Quilter has a news sentiment score of 1.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Quilter this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for QLT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Quilter insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £2,213,282.34 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.36% of the stock of Quilter is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

45.62% of the stock of Quilter is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

QLT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have QLT shares performed this year?

Quilter's stock was trading at GBX 183 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, QLT stock has decreased by 0.7% and is now trading at GBX 181.79.

How were Quilter's earnings last quarter?

Quilter plc (LON:QLT) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 4th. The company reported $8.90 earnings per share for the quarter. Quilter had a net margin of 1.28% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.35%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Quilter?

Shares of QLT stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Quilter own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Quilter investors own include Centamin (CEY), Playtech (PTEC), Glencore (GLEN), Petrofac (PFC), Best of the Best (BOTB), Victrex (VTXPF) and Victrex (VCT).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/04/2026
• Today: 5/05/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Asset Management
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:QLT
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.quilter.com
• Phone: 44 20 7150 4000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,983
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Quilter: GBX 201.57
• High Price Target: GBX 220
• Low Price Target: GBX 175
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 8.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.19
• P/E Growth: 2.5
• Net Income: £49.61 million
• Net Margins: 1.28%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.35%
• Return on Assets: 0.21%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 18.49
• Current Ratio: 3.92
• Quick Ratio: 0.05

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £9.34 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.27
• Cash Flow: GBX 216.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.84
• Book Value: GBX 110.51 per share
• Price / Book: 1.64

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,378,788,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.51 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.80