LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 19.36
Dividend & Yield0.26£ (2.35%)
Beta 0.72
Market capitalization 219.96M
Operating cash flow 20.66M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

James Latham plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the importing and distribution of timber, panels, and decorative surfaces in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company offers panels, melamine, veneer, laminates, solid surface products, door blanks, plastics, hardwoods, engineered timber products, softwoods, flooring products, decking and cladding products, modified timbers and panels, fire retardant panels, advanced technical panels, and treatments, as well as architectural moldings and components. It serves the construction/housing, retail, transport, exhibition, and other sectors. The company was founded in 1757 and is based in Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom.

Sector: Basic Materials - Industry: Lumber & Wood Production

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio2.14
Working Capital0.17
Return On Equity0.12
Debt To Equity0
Fixed Asset Ratio0.01
Fixed Interest Cover89.09

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-03-31 2020-03-31 2021-03-31 2022-03-31
Change To Liabilities -1.82M 1.32M 5.78M 13.94M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -2.15M -4.23M -1.95M -6.47M
Net Borrowings -1.39M -1.39M -1.39M -1.41M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -3.75M -3.99M -4.51M -5.79M
Change To Operating Activities
Issuance Of Stock 152k 1.04M
Net Income 12.42M 12.48M 14.98M 45.64M
Change In Cash 1.55M 1.41M 11.67M 8.41M
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities 7.46M 9.63M 18.13M 20.66M
Depreciation 2.04M 3.79M 4.03M 4.13M
Change To Account Receivables -1.1M -3.96M -878k -18.03M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities
Change To Netincome -1.79M -2.35M -1.81M -1.02M
Capital Expenditures -2.36M -3.89M -1.97M -4.32M

Income Statement 2019-03-31 2020-03-31 2021-03-31 2022-03-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 15.34M 15.66M 18.6M 57.95M
Net Income 12.42M 12.48M 14.98M 45.64M
Selling General Administrative 26.16M 27.63M 26.3M 33.38M
Gross Profit 40.45M 43.44M 45.1M 91.53M
Ebit 14.28M 15.82M 18.8M 58.15M
Operating Income 14.28M 15.82M 18.8M 58.15M
Interest Expense -71k -238k -211k -224k
Income Tax Expense 2.91M 3.18M 3.62M 12.31M
Total Revenue 235.13M 247.1M 250.16M 385.37M
Cost Of Revenue 194.69M 203.66M 205.06M 293.84M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet 1.05M -156k -200k -195k
Net Income From Continuing Ops 12.42M 12.48M 14.98M 45.64M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 12.42M 12.48M 14.98M 45.64M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-03-31 2020-03-31 2021-03-31 2022-03-31
Total Liabilities 40.79M 49.81M 48.91M 60.84M
Total Stockholder Equity 97.96M 104.28M 119.08M 163.97M
Other Current Liabilities 2.71M 1.11M 2.31M 4.31M
Total Assets 138.75M 154.08M 167.99M 224.81M
Common Stock 5.43M 5.04M 5.04M 5.04M
Other Current Assets
Retained Earnings 93.19M 99.43M 113.95M 159.02M
Treasury Stock -661k -196k 94k -88k
Cash 15.54M 16.95M 28.62M 37.03M
Total Current Liabilities 28.31M 29.86M 35.88M 52.55M
Other Stockholder Equity 262k 423k 565k 785k
Property, Plant, and Equipment 34.16M 40.85M 39.41M 41.09M
Total Current Assets 100.5M 108.28M 124.88M 179.59M
Net Tangible Assets 95.45M 101.58M 116.56M 161.11M
Net Receivables 40.6M 45.09M 46.48M 66.21M
Accounts Payable 18.81M 20.13M 23.46M 34.76M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Latham (Piers Francis)Bought at price 13.18 per share.D2022-09-05714
Wright (Andrew George)Bought at price 13.18 per share.D2022-09-05330
Dunmow (David A.)Bought at price 13.18 per share.D2022-09-05717
Latham (Nicholas Charles)Bought at price 13.18 per share.D2022-09-05799
Latham (Nicholas Charles)Bought at price 14.55 per share.D2022-08-31432
Latham (Nicholas Charles)D2022-08-03
Latham (Peter Douglas Langdon)D2022-08-03
Latham (Piers Francis)D2022-08-03
Latham (Robert James)D2022-08-03
Wright (Andrew George)D2022-08-03
Close Asset ManagementD2022-08-03
Dunmow (David A.)D2022-08-03
French (Philip Luke Fabian)D2022-08-03
James Latham PlcD2022-08-03
Dunmow (David A.)Bought at price 16.39 per share.D2022-07-28401
Latham (Piers Francis)Bought at price 16.39 per share.D2022-07-28401
Latham (Piers Francis)D2022-06-29
Latham (Robert James)D2022-06-29
Latham (Nicholas Charles)D2022-06-29
Latham (Peter Douglas Langdon)D2022-06-29
Close Asset ManagementD2022-06-29
Dunmow (David A.)D2022-03-31
French (Philip Luke Fabian)D2022-03-31
James Latham PlcD2022-03-31
Latham (Piers Francis)D2022-03-31
Wright (Andrew George)D2022-03-31
Latham (Nicholas Charles)D2022-03-31
Latham (Nicholas Charles)Bought at price 15.93 per share.D2022-02-24184
Dunmow (David A.)Bought at price 15.93 per share.D2022-02-24163
French (Phillipa Anne Joan)D2022-02-24
Latham (Piers Francis)Bought at price 15.93 per share.D2022-02-24162
Wright (Andrew George)Bought at price 15.93 per share.D2022-02-2476
James Latham PlcD2022-01-04
Dunmow (David A.)Bought at price 9.39 per share.D2021-12-10636
James Latham PlcD2021-12-1050k
Latham (Nicholas Charles)Bought at price 9.39 per share.D2021-12-10636
Latham (Piers Francis)Bought at price 9.39 per share.D2021-12-10636
Wright (Andrew George)Bought at price 9.39 per share.D2021-12-101.22k
French (Philip Luke Fabian)D2021-11-307.46k
Dunmow (David A.)Bought at price 18.16 per share.D2021-08-27751
Latham (Piers Francis)Bought at price 18.16 per share.D2021-08-27749
Wright (Andrew George)Bought at price 18.16 per share.D2021-08-27161
Latham (Nicholas Charles)Bought at price 18.16 per share.D2021-08-27796
Latham (Nicholas Charles)D2021-07-29
Latham (Peter Douglas Langdon)D2021-07-29
Close Asset ManagementD2021-07-29
Dunmow (David A.)D2021-07-29
French (Philip Luke Fabian)D2021-07-29
Latham (Piers Francis)D2021-07-29
Latham (Robert James)D2021-07-29
Wright (Andrew George)D2021-07-29

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P:

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 47.87% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

47.87 %

Latent gain

3328.0 £

Invested capital

6952.0 £

Annualized return

11.62 %
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Momentum strategy results on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P:

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 66.35% of return on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P. That represents 6150.5£ of latent gain with 9269.5£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 59.99% of return on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P. That represents 5781.74£ of latent gain with 9638.26£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

66.35 %

Latent gain

6150.5 £

Invested capital

9269.5 £

Annualized return

0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

59.99 %

Latent gain

5781.74 £

Invested capital

9638.26 £

Annualized return

16.48 %

Momentum equity curve on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P:

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P since the beginning:

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

Buy the dip entry openings on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0 %

Latent gain

0.0 £

Invested capital

0.0 £

Annualized return

0.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P:

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

Note: the dividends potentially given by LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P:

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P.

Equity curve comparison on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P investment comparison

Performance comparison on LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 47.87% 3328.0£ 6952.0£ 11.62%
Momentum 1 quarter 66.35% 6150.5£ 9269.5£ 17.1%
Momentum 2 quarters 59.99% 5781.74£ 9638.26£ 16.48%
Non-directional 0% 0.0£ 0.0£ 0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

11.62 %

Momentum 1Q

16.48 %

Momentum 2Q

16.48 %

Non-directional

0.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P:

Positive correlations

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Negative correlation

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Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P
Country United Kingdom
City Hemel Hempstead
Address Swallow Park
Phone 44 14 4284 9100
Website www.lathamtimber.co.uk
FullTime employees 498
Industry Lumber & Wood Production
Sector Basic Materials
Exchange XLON
Ticker LTHM.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

LATHAM (JAMES) PLC ORD 25P ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

Rating Year: unknown

Rating Month: unknown

Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown