Financials The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c.

Equities

LWDB

GB0031429219

Investment Trusts

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849 GBX +1.19% Intraday chart for The Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. +4.69% +5.99%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Capitalization 1 638.2 767.9 815 978.7 984.4 1,047
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 628.2 811.9 893.1 1,113 1,105 1,185
P/E ratio -10.7 x 5.91 x 276 x 6.51 x -11.2 x 13.8 x
Yield 3.5% 4% 3.99% 3.63% 3.96% 4%
Capitalization / Revenue -23.5 x 4.6 x 20 x 4.96 x -29.2 x 7.85 x
EV / Revenue -23.1 x 4.87 x 21.9 x 5.64 x -32.7 x 8.89 x
EV / EBITDA -11.6 x 5.94 x 95.8 x 7.14 x -14.2 x 14 x
EV / FCF -16.6 x 9.49 x 148 x 11.7 x -18.4 x 23 x
FCF Yield -6.02% 10.5% 0.67% 8.57% -5.43% 4.34%
Price to Book 0.95 x 0.99 x 1.12 x 1.11 x 1.23 x 1.22 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 118,183 118,139 118,121 122,489 127,675 130,701
Reference price 2 5.400 6.500 6.900 7.990 7.710 8.010
Announcement Date 3/8/19 3/4/20 3/3/21 3/4/22 3/4/23 2/29/24
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Net sales 1 -27.19 166.8 40.79 197.5 -33.76 133.4
EBITDA 1 -54.08 136.6 9.326 155.9 -77.71 84.36
EBIT 1 -54.18 136.5 9.289 155.3 -78.41 83.59
Operating Margin 199.22% 81.87% 22.77% 78.65% 232.24% 62.68%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 -58.48 131.4 4.129 150 -84.96 76.78
Net income 1 -59.79 129.9 2.951 148.8 -86.35 75.15
Net margin 219.88% 77.92% 7.23% 75.36% 255.74% 56.35%
EPS 2 -0.5060 1.099 0.0250 1.227 -0.6873 0.5788
Free Cash Flow 1 -37.81 85.58 6.024 95.46 -59.99 51.43
FCF margin 139.02% 51.32% 14.77% 48.33% 177.67% 38.57%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) - 62.66% 64.59% 61.24% - 60.96%
FCF Conversion (Net income) - 65.86% 204.13% 64.14% - 68.43%
Dividend per Share 2 0.1890 0.2600 0.2750 0.2900 0.3050 0.3200
Announcement Date 3/8/19 3/4/20 3/3/21 3/4/22 3/4/23 2/29/24
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Net Debt 1 - 44 78 135 121 138
Net Cash position 1 10 - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - 0.3222 x 8.369 x 0.8646 x -1.557 x 1.638 x
Free Cash Flow 1 -37.8 85.6 6.02 95.5 -60 51.4
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) -8.44% 18% 0.39% 18.5% -10.3% 9.09%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) -4.01% 9.94% 0.65% 9.81% -4.68% 5.06%
Assets 1 1,491 1,308 457.4 1,517 1,847 1,487
Book Value Per Share 2 5.660 6.560 6.150 7.180 6.260 6.540
Cash Flow per Share 2 1.050 0.6000 0.3500 0.2900 0.3900 0.2400
Capex 1 0.07 0.02 1.08 1.08 0.15 0.87
Capex / Sales -0.26% 0.01% 2.65% 0.54% -0.45% 0.66%
Announcement Date 3/8/19 3/4/20 3/3/21 3/4/22 3/4/23 2/29/24
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
1
Last Close Price
8.49
Average target price
-
Consensus
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