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LSL Property Services

LSL.L
61
Real Estate - Services · Real Estate
Exchange
London Stock Exchange
Winston Score
61
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Mixed

Winston Score History

The full picture

LSL Property Services is a UK-based company that helps people buy, sell, and rent homes. It runs a network of estate agency brands — including Your Move and Reeds Rains — and also provides mortgage advice, surveying, and valuation services. Its customers are everyday homebuyers, sellers, landlords, and lenders across England and Scotland.

LSL makes money through fees charged for property sales, lettings management, mortgage broking, and professional surveying work. It operates almost entirely in the UK and generates roughly £300 million in annual revenue, with its surveying division serving major mortgage lenders as a key institutional client base. The business benefits from recurring lettings income and established brand recognition, but it is heavily exposed to the UK housing market — when transaction volumes fall due to rising interest rates or economic uncertainty, revenue from sales and mortgage services can drop sharply.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+7.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+18.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

Insider Activity

8.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

£83M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

LSL Property Services is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
47.1%
Healthy — 47.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
16.1%
Healthy — 16.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
21.6%
Exceptional — 21.6% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+6.2%
Slow sales growth (+6.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-3.1%
Earnings shrinking (-3.1% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
135%
Turns 135% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
10.4%
Modest free cash flow (10.4%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.48
Conservative — low debt load (0.48)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
25.08x
Comfortably covers interest (25.1x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
16.7x
no trend
Fair value — P/E 16.7

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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