LGEN vs. III, SMT, PSH, SDR, ICP, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, and PCT
Should you be buying Legal & General Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Legal & General Group include 3i Group (III), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Schroders (SDR), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and 3i Group (LON:III) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. 3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Legal & General Group pays out 28,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 3i Group pays out 1,217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
3i Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Legal & General Group. 3i Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 2 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Legal & General Group and 1 mentions for 3i Group. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat 3i Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Legal & General Group received 821 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.82% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote.
47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of 3i Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
3i Group has a net margin of 95.86% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 3.81%. 3i Group's return on equity of 27.62% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.
Legal & General Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 301, suggesting a potential upside of 20.40%. 3i Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,800, suggesting a potential downside of 2.20%. Given Legal & General Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than 3i Group.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats 3i Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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