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Rathbones Group PLCRAT.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Financials›Investment Managers

UK wealth manager providing discretionary investment management for private clients, charities and trusts.

≈ A UK Northern Trust Wealth Management peerMomentum neutral 50
Mkt cap
$2.42B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
63%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.45M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 12.3%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
111 days
25 Feb 2027
Close · GBP£1,764
1D-0.9%
1W+1.9%
1M+16.2%
3M+4.1%
6M-8.2%
YTD-8.6%
1Y-2.4%
ATR %3.2%
52w lowhigh29.4% off high

What Rathbones does

UK wealth manager providing discretionary investment management for private clients, charities and trusts.

Charges a fee as a share of client assets it manages, so revenue rises and falls with markets and with net inflows and outflows from clients. Buying Investec's UK wealth arm in 2023 made it a bigger manager and added financial planning and advice.

In one line: A UK Northern Trust Wealth Management peer.

Products and services

  • Discretionary portfolio management
  • Financial planning/advice
  • Unit trusts/funds

Customers

  • High-net-worth individuals
  • Charities and trusts

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Wealth management
  • Discretionary investment management

What could go right

  • UK private wealth growth
  • Scale from the Investec Wealth merger

What could go wrong

  • Fee compression
  • Market-linked AUM volatility

Moat: narrow (brand, switching costs, scale). Long-standing client relationships and switching friction anchor assets under management.

Headquarters: London, UK · Founded: 1742 · Employees: 3,251

Named competitors

Rathbones at a glance

Size Rathbones (RAT.L) is a United Kingdom Financials company (Investment Managers) with a market value of $2.42B, the 149th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £1,764 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 8.2%, against -4.4% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 5.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +19.3%); the operating margin is 25.7% (peer median 33.4%).

Valuation It trades at 9.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.4× (3rd cheapest of 19).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 98RAT.L 90
Six months, rebased to 100: Rathbones against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Rathbones financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£1.07B£1.03B£1.01B£678M£511M
Revenue growth—+2%+50%+33%—
Gross profit£962M£929M£907M£606M£449M
EBITDA£342M£333M£339M£222M£140M
Net income£120M£112M£65.5M£37.5M£49.0M
Free cash flow£294M£187M£120M£58.4M£84.2M
Capital expenditure£10.9M£8.80M£56.6M£10.7M£13.1M
Total debtn/a£123M£88.5M£127M£91.4M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Rathbones competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%-10%0%+10%ANIMPNIGCMG600120000563L1G600906WTSIIAJBABAPAMASHMAAMITKOQLT000750NWLMANTABJYRAT.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Rathbones is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+200%+400%+600%10×20×30×ANIMPNIGCMG600120L1G600906WTSIIAPAMASHMQLTNWLMANTARAT.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Rathbones is the large dot.

Rathbones competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (RAT.L vs BRK.L vs STJ.L vs QLT.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Rathbones RAT.L$2.42B-8%+5%26%9.9×n/a
Brooks Macdonald BRK.L$307M+5%+6%-2%10.0×n/a
St. James's Place STJ.L$7.48B-3%+164%4%13.2×n/a
Quilter QLT.L$3.30B+5%+191%3%15.0×n/a

How Rathbones 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.

Rathbones against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureRAT.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+16.2%-1.9%2nd highest of 21
6-month return-8.2%-4.4%10th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-29.4%-21.8%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+5.4%+19.3%7th lowest of 20
Operating margin25.7%33.4%6th lowest of 19
Forward P/E9.9×15.4×3rd cheapest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Rathbones RAT.LUnited Kingdom$2.42B-8%+5%26%9.9×n/an/a
ANIMA ANIM.MIItaly$2.42B-5%+1%28%7.6×n/an/a
Pinnacle Investment Management PNI.AXAustralia$2.54B+2%+22%10%19.2×n/an/a
GCM Grosvenor GCMGUnited States$2.57B+11%+8%28%12.6×n/an/a
Zhejiang Orient 600120.SSChina$2.22B-22%-87%n/a15.5×n/an/a
Shaanxi International Trust 000563.SZChina$2.19B-12%-15%60%n/an/an/a
L1 Group Limited L1G.AXAustralia$2.19B+5%+586%82%22.1×n/an/a
Caida Securities 600906.SSChina$2.78B-11%+10%36%19.7×n/an/a
WisdomTree WTUnited States$2.94B+2%+45%40%15.4×n/an/a
Sprott SII.TOCanada$2.96B-17%+88%38%25.6×n/an/a
AJ Bell AJB.LUnited Kingdom$3.04B+13%+19%42%19.2×n/an/a
AllianceBernstein Holding L.P ABUnited States$3.14B-13%n/an/a9.6×n/an/a
Artisan Partners Asset Management APAMUnited States$3.17B+3%+6%36%10.6×n/an/a
Ashmore ASHM.LUnited Kingdom$1.83B-4%+2%62%28.6×n/an/a
Acadian Asset Management AAMIUnited States$3.23B+33%+25%27%15.4×n/an/a
Tikehau Capital SCA TKO.PAFrance$3.24B-10%+32%31%10.7×n/an/a
Quilter QLT.LUnited Kingdom$3.30B+5%+191%3%15.0×n/an/a
Sealand Securities 000750.SZChina$3.30B-12%+2%22%n/an/an/a
Netwealth NWL.AXAustralia$3.31B-13%+21%46%34.1×n/an/a
Mandatum MANTA.HEFinland$3.33B-10%+60%8%23.7×n/an/a
Barrenjoey BJY.AXAustralia$1.74B+1%-17%25%15.4×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Rathbones's main competitors?
Named competitors: Brooks Macdonald (BRK.L), St. James's Place (STJ.L), Quilter (QLT.L). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes ANIMA (ANIM.MI), Pinnacle Investment Management (PNI.AX), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), Zhejiang Orient (600120.SS), Shaanxi International Trust (000563.SZ), L1 Group Limited (L1G.AX).
Is Rathbones expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 9.9× against a peer median of 15.4×, 3rd cheapest of 19 in its peer set.
How has Rathbones stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -8.2% against -4.4% for the median peer; over one year -2.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.