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LSL Property Services plc is a leading provider of residential property services in the UK, focusing on estate agency franchising, surveying and valuation, and financial services including mortgage and insurance networks. The company operates prominent brands such as Your Move and Reeds Rains estate agencies, alongside e.surv Chartered Surveyors, forming one of the largest estate agent chains with approximately 183 branches nationwide, some in franchise format. It delivers business-to-business services to mortgage intermediaries, estate agent franchisees, and lenders, while offering home surveys directly to consumers, aiming for sustainable growth, reduced earnings volatility, and scalable platforms. Headquartered in Newcastle Upon Tyne and incorporated in 2004, LSL Property Services plc originally emerged from a management buyout backed by Equistone, evolving through acquisitions like Reeds Rains in 2005 and Halifax Estate Agencies in 2009. Its strategy emphasizes market leadership, innovation, and a people-focused culture to support stakeholders in the dynamic property and mortgage sectors.
£2.10
£0.02 (-0.94%)
EOD Jul 3, 2026
14.16% operating margin is respectable but not wide. ROIC at 15.86%. Suggests the business covers its cost of capital, but doesn't point to a wide moat.
Revenue grew 5.6%, steady but not accelerating.
Even for strong businesses, today's 13x P/E means the stock needs to keep delivering. There's no margin of safety if growth disappoints.
13.0x earnings, 11.7x FCF. The multiple is below average. Either the market is pricing in deterioration you should investigate, or there's genuine value here.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
£183M
▲ +5.6% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
£17M
▼ -2.3% YoY
Op. Margin
14.16%
▲ +0.7pp YoY
ROIC
15.86%
▼ -0.8pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
£18M
▼ -3.3% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
£28M
▲ +21.8% YoY
Net Debt
-£21M
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
£67M
3Y CAGR: -5.6%
3Y CAGR: -4.9%
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At a P/E of 13.0 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 11.7, LSL Property Services (LSL.XLON) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about £3.33 per share, so at £2.10 the stock looks undervalued (58.6% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, LSL Property Services scores 62/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 5.5%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about £3.33 per share for LSL.XLON, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around £2.50. At today's £2.10, that puts the stock about 58.6% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
LSL Property Services scores 62 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 14.2% operating margin and a 15.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, LSL Property Services pays a regular dividend of about £0.11 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 5.5% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 69.0% of earnings, so the dividend is covered, with less cushion. LSL Property Services has grown the dividend at roughly 29.6% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For LSL.XLON's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. LSL.XLON currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 62/100 on quality (solid). It also yields about 5.5%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.