Which companies are London Security's closest peers?

The cockpit's peer set: Hosokawa Micron (6277.T), Cubic Sensor and Instrument (688665.SS), Robotphoenix Intelligent Technology (6871.HK), Shibaura Machine (6104.T), Zhejiang Langdi (603726.SS), Yanpai Filtration Technology (301081.SZ), Gfc (4506.TWO), Nanjing Comptech Composites (301591.SZ).

How has London Security stock performed?

Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +15.9% against -13.6% for the median peer; over one year +2.8%.

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London Security plcLSC.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Industrials›Industrial Machinery

Momentum neutral 50

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Mkt cap

$602M

US dollars, full cap

Free float

of shares outstanding

$/day

$391

20-day average traded

Fwd P/E

n/m

no positive forecast

ROIC−WACC

+12.5 pp

WACC 6.8%

Hurdle

-17 pp

Req g minus delivered

Close · GBP£3,650

1D0.0%

1W0.0%

1M-2.7%

3M0.0%

6M+15.9%

YTD+32.7%

1Y+2.8%

ATR %0.6%

52w lowhigh6.4% off high

What London Security does

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London Security at a glance

Size London Security (LSC.L) is a United Kingdom Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $602M, the 272nd largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £3,650 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.9%, against -13.6% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.6%); the operating margin is 13.5% (peer median 7.5%).

Valuation It trades at 1.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.1× (5th cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 12.5 points above its cost of capital (6.8% WACC).

Relative performance

Six months, rebased to 100: London Security against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

London Security financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
	TTM	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
Revenue	£255M	£244M	£221M	£220M	£189M
Revenue growth	—	+11%	0%	+16%	—
Gross profit	£188M	£167M	£150M	£150M	£129M
EBITDA	n/a	£44.6M	£41.0M	£42.1M	£37.2M
Net income	£24.9M	£23.8M	£21.7M	£23.3M	£20.2M
Free cash flow	£29.8M	£31.6M	£19.6M	£22.3M	£18.7M
Capital expenditure	£10.6M	£10.0M	£10.8M	£10.7M	£7.82M
Total debt	n/a	£8.23M	£7.57M	£7.15M	£7.91M

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London Security competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. London Security is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. London Security is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. London Security is the large dot.

London Security competitors and peer comparison

How London Security compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

London Security against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure	LSC.L	Peer median	Rank in peer set
1-month return	-2.7%	-11.6%	4th highest of 21
6-month return	+15.9%	-13.6%	4th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high	-6.4%	-41.1%	highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)	+12.4%	+6.6%	9th highest of 21
Operating margin	13.5%	7.5%	8th highest of 21
EV / Sales	1.6×	3.1×	5th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)	-7.1%	11.3%	2nd least demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)	+9.9%	+6.9%	3rd highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)	-16.9 pp	+4.2 pp	least demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital	+12.5 pp	-3.4 pp	3rd highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
Company	Market	Market cap	6M return	Revenue growth	Op. margin	EV / Sales	Req g	Delivered g
London Security LSC.L	United Kingdom	$602M	+16%	+12%	13%	1.6×	-7.1%	+9.9%
Hosokawa Micron 6277.T	Japan	$601M	+7%	-1%	5%	0.8×	14.6%	+7.8%
Cubic Sensor and Instrument 688665.SS	China	$603M	-19%	+6%	12%	3.7×	30.0%	+27.3%
Robotphoenix Intelligent Technology 6871.HK	Hong Kong	$606M	n/a	+45%	-38%	10.3×	n/a	n/a
Shibaura Machine 6104.T	Japan	$597M	+2%	-22%	2%	0.5×	n/a	n/a
Zhejiang Langdi 603726.SS	China	$597M	-14%	-9%	10%	2.5×	9.6%	+5.4%
Yanpai Filtration Technology 301081.SZ	China	$607M	+9%	+16%	3%	5.1×	n/a	n/a
Gfc 4506.TWO	Taiwan	$608M	-5%	+4%	22%	2.4×	-9.7%	+6.5%
Nanjing Comptech Composites 301591.SZ	China	$593M	+18%	+10%	14%	7.7×	n/a	n/a
Valqua 7995.T	Japan	$611M	-6%	+15%	15%	1.5×	11.3%	+5.5%
Xiamen Dingrongyan Technology 301028.SZ	China	$614M	-25%	+15%	16%	3.2×	n/a	n/a
VM Inc. 089970.KS	South Korea	$590M	-44%	+150%	27%	2.5×	-0.3%	+9.2%
GMT Global 4573.TWO	Taiwan	$589M	-14%	-3%	-19%	31.9×	n/a	n/a
Kangping Technology (Suzhou) 300907.SZ	China	$588M	+33%	+37%	6%	2.9×	n/a	n/a
Yuhuan CNC Machine Tool 002903.SZ	China	$616M	-28%	-26%	-18%	10.6×	n/a	n/a
Canature Health Technology 300272.SZ	China	$587M	-30%	+4%	9%	2.4×	3.4%	+9.3%
Wuxi Delinhai Environmental Technology 688069.SS	China	$586M	-8%	+18%	5%	6.8×	n/a	n/a
Nextool Technology 688419.SS	China	$621M	-14%	+36%	24%	8.7×	34.4%	+11.8%
Jiangyin PIVOT Automotive Products 301181.SZ	China	$582M	-25%	-9%	16%	7.2×	22.5%	-2.9%
Schweiter Technologies SWTQ.SW	Switzerland	$581M	+19%	-12%	4%	0.6×	-3.5%	-4.9%
Jiangsu Yawei Machine Tool 002559.SZ	China	$624M	-25%	+7%	2%	1.6×	24.8%	+6.9%

Questions

Which companies are London Security's closest peers?: The cockpit's peer set: Hosokawa Micron (6277.T), Cubic Sensor and Instrument (688665.SS), Robotphoenix Intelligent Technology (6871.HK), Shibaura Machine (6104.T), Zhejiang Langdi (603726.SS), Yanpai Filtration Technology (301081.SZ), Gfc (4506.TWO), Nanjing Comptech Composites (301591.SZ).
Is London Security expensive compared with its peers?: On ev / sales it trades at 1.6× against a peer median of 3.1×, 5th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -17 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has London Security stock performed?: Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +15.9% against -13.6% for the median peer; over one year +2.8%.