Land Securities Group Plc (LAND) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Strong Sell

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Hold

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Land Securities Group Plc ?

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 4.71% and Operating profit at -0.16%

Flat results in Sep 25

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at GBP 483 MM
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 10.84% (YoY)
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 70.62 %

With ROE of 8.95%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 0.72 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 4.52%, its profits have fallen by -2.1%

Underperformed the market in the last 1 year

The stock has generated a return of 4.52% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (FTSE 100) returns of 15.58%

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Land Securities Group Plc should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Realty should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Realty)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Land Securities Group Plc for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Land Securities Group Plc

-1.95%

-2.25

22.57%

FTSE 100

13.98%

1.15

13.60%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

4.71%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-0.16%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

4.31

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Negative Net Debt

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

Tax Ratio

Tax Ratio is Negative%

Dividend Payout Ratio

75.80%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

0.00%

ROCE (avg)

5.69%

ROE (avg)

4.02%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

0.72

EV to EBIT

10.71

EV to EBITDA

10.63

EV to Capital Employed

0.71

EV to Sales

5.12

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

737.12%

ROCE (Latest)

6.66%

ROE (Latest)

8.95%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bearish

Mildly Bullish

Dow Theory

No Trend

Mildly Bearish

OBV

Mildly Bearish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

4What is working for the Company

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 3.05 times

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 145.71%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at GBP 110 MM

-9What is not working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at GBP 483 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 10.84% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 70.62 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 1.27 times

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 100 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at GBP 121 MM

Here's what is working for Land Securities Group Plc

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Highest at 3.05 times and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Cash and Eqv

Highest at GBP 110 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 145.71%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation

At GBP 2 MM has Grown at 100%

period on period (QoQ)

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Land Securities Group Plc

Operating Cash Flow

Lowest at GBP 483 MM

in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

Lowest at GBP 100 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Pre-Tax Profit

Fallen at -31.03%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit

Lowest at GBP 121 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Net Profit

Fallen at -25.31%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (GBP MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio

Highest at 70.62 %

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 1.27 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 10.84% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales