Wilmington (WIL) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wilmington acts as trusted partner to customers who are operating in regulated sectors and in the governance, risk and compliance markets. We provide critical data and information to enable our customers to make the decisions needed to maintain compliance with the rules and regulations that apply to them; and we provide training and education to equip our customers with the knowledge and skills to carry out their activities in line with best practice.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 253.50 to 256
• 50-Day Range: 230 to 260
• 52-Week Range: 230 to 369
• Volume: 321,612 shs
• Average Volume: 339,879 shs
• Market Capitalization: £229.26 million
• P/E Ratio: 21.30
• Dividend Yield: 4.46%
• Price Target: GBX 451.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Wilmington Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wilmington scored higher than 64% 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: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Wilmington has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Wilmington has a consensus price target of GBX 451.67, representing about 76.4% upside from its current price of GBX 256.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wilmington has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wilmington is 21.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wilmington is 21.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 891.66.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Wilmington has a PEG Ratio of 1.44. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Wilmington has a P/B Ratio of 1.99. 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 WIL.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Wilmington is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.46%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Wilmington is 95.67%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.08

News Sentiment

Wilmington has a news sentiment score of -0.08. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 20 news articles for Wilmington this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wilmington insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

12.83% of the stock of Wilmington is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

62.25% of the stock of Wilmington is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/26/2026
• Today: 6/09/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Education & Training Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:WIL
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wilmingtonplc.com
• Phone: +44-20-74900049
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Wilmington: GBX 451.67
• High Price Target: GBX 475
• Low Price Target: GBX 420
• Potential Upside/Downside: +76.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 12.02
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.30
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.89
• P/E Growth: 1.44
• Net Income: £18.57 million
• Net Margins: 10.68%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 9.96%
• Return on Assets: 7.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 76.79
• Current Ratio: 0.85
• Quick Ratio: 0.86

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £106.60 million
• Price / Sales: 2.15
• Cash Flow: GBX 19.55 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.10
• Book Value: GBX 128.76 per share
• Price / Book: 1.99

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 89,556,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £229.26 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.32