John Laing Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) Fair Value & Analysis
Financials · GB · Market cap 625M GBX
Fair value as of: Jul 19, 2026
From 8 valuation models · updated 21 days ago
Fair value updated Jul 19, 2026, revised from £1.32 to £0.7300 (−44.7%) since Jun 26, 2026. Share price +3.4% over the past month.
A solid business, but screening 15% overvalued on our models.
What matters now
- Solid but not exceptional quality (65/100) and above fair value, neither a clear bargain nor a standout compounder.
- For a financial, book-value and earnings-based methods matter more than a cash-flow DCF, which fits banks and insurers poorly.
Price vs Fair Value (5 years)
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 19, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £0.5614 – £0.9568 · fair‑value band £0.5500 – £0.9200 · the £0.8580 price screens above the £0.7300 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 19, 2026.
Analysis
John Laing Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) currently trades at £0.8580, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £0.7300, implying the stock looks roughly 14.9% overvalued today. The Quality Score stands at 65/100 (solid quality), in the Financials sector. Bear case: priced above our estimate, the market already discounts strong expectations. Bull case: above-average quality can justify a premium, the entry price still matters most (evidence: medium).
It earns a return on equity of -1.8%. The balance sheet holds a net cash position of £2.6M. Fundamentals as of Jul 19, 2026
Our scenario range runs from £0.5500 (bear case) to £0.9200 (bull case); at £0.8580, the current price sits within that range. Bear and bull are the same models run on conservative and optimistic assumptions (margins, growth, valuation multiples), so a plausible valuation range, not a price target. For context, the median of 10 Financials peers we cover trades at -12% fair-value upside, at -15%, JLEN screens richer than that median.
Fair Value models
Each model estimates fair value its own way; the Fair Value above is the evidence-weighted blend. Evidence (0–100) measures how completely this model’s inputs are available: well-fed models carry more weight in the blend. The spread across models is intentional, each one stresses a different value driver; dividend models, for instance, come out structurally low when payout is small.
All 8 models by family
Widest divergence: Earnings-Based (£1.98) versus Asset-Based (£0.6700). Highest evidence: Residual Income (76).
Key figures & financial health
More key figures
Figures from reported company fundamentals · as of Jul 19, 2026. TTM = trailing twelve months.
Quality Score breakdown
Of which business quality 60 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 75
Non-valuation factor families (profitability, growth, cashflow, financial strength, momentum …), each academically grounded. Valuation itself sits in the Fair Value and is deliberately excluded here to avoid double-counting.
About the company
John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited is a fund of John Laing Capital Management Limited.
Company description, as reported by the company or data provider.
Revenue & earnings trend
FY2022 – FY2026 · reported fiscal years
John Laing Environmental Assets Group reported revenue of £39.0M in FY2026 versus £186M in FY2022, a compound −32.4%/yr. Reported net income was £37.2M in FY2026, compounding −33.1%/yr from FY2022.
JLEN screens 15% overvalued. Compare with Fondul Proprietatea SA →
Peer Group
Asset Management · 973 stocks
How this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.
Valuation Multiples vs Asset Management median · lower = cheaper
Snowflake
Five quick dimensions, each 0 to 100: VALUE (fair-value potential), FUTURE (revenue growth), PAST (return on equity), HEALTH (low debt), DIVIDEND (yield). Green = this stock, grey = typical sector peer.
Insider activity: 40/100
Values & ESG
Does this company touch areas you may want to avoid? The classification is inferred from sector and industry.
ESG scores are not available for this stock yet. Values and ESG data are contextual and can differ between providers.
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How we calculate Fair Value
Each company is valued through a stack of independent intrinsic-value models (DCF variants, residual-income, multiples and more), blended into one family-balanced consensus and weighted by how much trustworthy data backs it. A separate quality layer scores the fundamentals. Every input is real reported data, nothing guessed.
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