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Rating:76Outperform
Price Target:
4,125.00 p
▲(13.01% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/11/26
The score is driven primarily by strong financial performance (healthy profitability, low leverage, solid ROE) and supported by a clear uptrend in price. The main offsets are technical overextension (very high RSI) and only moderate valuation support (P/E ~18.6 with a ~2.7% yield).
Positive Factors
Conservative Balance Sheet
Extremely low leverage and a growing equity base give the company durable financial flexibility. This balance-sheet conservatism supports resilience through downturns, enables funding of organic investment or opportunistic M&A, and lowers refinancing and interest-rate risk over months.
Negative Factors
Margin Compression
Net margin contraction versus earlier years signals persistent cost or mix pressures that are eroding unit economics. Continued margin compression would restrain earnings leverage from top-line gains, limit cash flow growth and reduce flexibility for sustained capital returns or reinvestment.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Conservative Balance Sheet
Extremely low leverage and a growing equity base give the company durable financial flexibility. This balance-sheet conservatism supports resilience through downturns, enables funding of organic investment or opportunistic M&A, and lowers refinancing and interest-rate risk over months.
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London Security (LSC) vs. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWC)
Market Cap
£447.45M
Dividend Yield2.66%
Average Volume (3M)21.00
Price to Earnings (P/E)18.8
Beta (1Y)-0.22
Revenue Growth10.72%
EPS Growth9.76%
CountryUK
Employees1,700
SectorIndustrials
Sector Strength72
IndustrySecurity & Protection Services
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)1.94
Shares Outstanding12,258,977
10 Day Avg. Volume30
30 Day Avg. Volume21
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio1.48
Price to Book (P/B)1.96
Price to Sales (P/S)1.38
P/FCF Ratio10.67
Enterprise Value/Market CapN/A
Enterprise Value/RevenueN/A
Enterprise Value/Gross ProfitN/A
Enterprise Value/EbitdaN/A
Forecast
1Y Price TargetN/A
Price Target UpsideN/A
Rating ConsensusN/A
Number of Analyst Covering0
EPS Forecast (FY)N/A
Revenue Forecast (FY)N/A
London Security Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
London Security plc operates as an investment holding company focused on the fire protection industry. The firm is engaged in the manufacturing, selling, renting, and servicing of fire safety apparatus across a significant portion of Europe, inclu...
How the Company Makes Money
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London Security Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
84
Very Positive
Balance Sheet
90
Very Positive
Cash Flow
78
Positive
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 244.30M | 220.65M | 219.71M | 188.90M | 166.63M |
| Gross Profit | 179.01M | 161.90M | 160.72M | 129.05M | 114.44M |
| EBITDA | 44.56M | 41.71M | 42.88M | 37.28M | 36.29M |
| Net Income | 23.78M | 21.66M | 23.26M | 20.22M | 19.91M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 225.45M | 205.13M | 202.14M | 195.88M | 174.64M |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 45.87M | 29.56M | 32.74M | 33.96M | 35.68M |
| Total Debt | 8.23M | 7.57M | 7.15M | 7.91M | 8.11M |
| Total Liabilities | 53.84M | 50.16M | 49.90M | 50.03M | 42.90M |
| Stockholders Equity | 171.61M | 154.97M | 152.24M | 145.86M | 131.63M |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 31.59M | 15.02M | 19.05M | 15.51M | 19.11M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 39.21M | 25.82M | 29.75M | 23.33M | 26.69M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -9.77M | -9.77M | -11.35M | -11.17M | -11.76M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -14.82M | -17.88M | -19.16M | -15.26M | -14.83M |
London Security Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (63)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
78 Outperform | £31.86M | 48.84 | 1.64% | 2.67% | -15.64% | -83.92% | |
76 Outperform | £447.45M | 18.81 | 14.06% | 2.66% | 10.72% | 9.76% | |
69 Neutral | £10.23M | 9.66 | 11.74% | 6.90% | 10.08% | ― | |
63 Neutral | $10.79B | 15.43 | 7.44% | 2.01% | 2.89% | -14.66% | |
58 Neutral | £9.74M | 14.63 | 4.23% | 3.36% | 10.89% | 9.05% | |
43 Neutral | £6.07M | -14.93 | -6.73% | ― | 24.39% | 65.82% |
* Industrials Sector Average
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London Security Corporate Events
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London Security gets near-unanimous shareholder backing at AGM
Positive
Jun 25, 2026
Shareholders in London Security plc strongly endorsed the board and its strategy at the company’s 25 June AGM, where all 12 resolutions were passed with 98.98% of votes cast in favour and no votes against. The meeting approved the receipt of...
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