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Logistics Development Group

LDG.L
44
Integrated Freight & Logistics · Industrials
Price
18.25 GBp
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
£75.5M
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
44
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Exceptional

Share count falling — buybacks

36.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 701.7M (2021) → 448.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Logistics Development Group plc is a UK-based holding company focused on building businesses in the freight and logistics sector. It looks for opportunities to acquire or invest in companies that move goods — things like parcels, freight, and cargo — for businesses that need help getting products from one place to another. The company is small, with a market cap of around $0.1 billion, and operates primarily in the United Kingdom.

The company makes money through its investments and operating subsidiaries in the logistics space, earning revenue from freight and delivery services rather than subscriptions or software. Its low gross margin of around 13% is typical for logistics businesses, where fuel, labor, and vehicle costs eat into profits. The key growth driver is its ability to find and integrate undervalued logistics assets in a fragmented UK market, but being a small holding company means it carries real risk if any single acquisition underperforms or if the broader UK freight market slows down.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-536.4%
Losing money on operations — -536.4%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
13.6%
Good — 13.6% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-66.5%
Shrinking sales (-66.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-4.9%
Earnings shrinking (-4.9% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
-11%
Weak — only -11% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-800.5%
Burning cash (-800.5%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
5.8x
Attractive valuation — P/E 5.8

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+4.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (5.8 → 1.7)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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