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Beazley (BEZ) Competitors

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GBX 761
-12.50 (-1.62%)
(As of 11:49 AM ET)

BEZ vs. JUST, PRU, LGEN, AV, SMT, AIBG, ADM, PSH, ICP, and SDR

Should you be buying Beazley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beazley include Just Group (JUST), Prudential (PRU), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), AIB Group (AIBG), Admiral Group (ADM), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), and Schroders (SDR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Beazley vs.

Just Group (LON:JUST) and Beazley (LON:BEZ) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Beazley has a net margin of 23.48% compared to Just Group's net margin of 3.11%. Beazley's return on equity of 35.99% beat Just Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Just Group3.11% 8.50% 3.30%
Beazley 23.48%35.99%9.50%

Beazley received 363 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.93% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 63.90% of users gave Beazley an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Just GroupOutperform Votes
322
70.93%
Underperform Votes
132
29.07%
BeazleyOutperform Votes
685
63.90%
Underperform Votes
387
36.10%

Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Beazley pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Just Group pays out 2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Beazley pays out 945.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Beazley is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Just Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 135, suggesting a potential downside of 0.35%. Beazley has a consensus target price of GBX 943, suggesting a potential upside of 23.47%. Given Beazley's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beazley is more favorable than Just Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Just Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Beazley
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Just Group had 12 more articles in the media than Beazley. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Just Group and 1 mentions for Beazley. Beazley's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Just Group's score of -0.28 indicating that Beazley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Just Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Beazley
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Beazley has higher revenue and earnings than Just Group. Beazley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Just Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Just Group£3.24B0.43£89M£0.091,504.44
Beazley£5.60B0.85£1.31B£1.48514.19

75.5% of Just Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.5% of Beazley shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Just Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Beazley shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Just Group has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beazley has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Beazley beats Just Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BEZ vs. The Competition

MetricBeazleyInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.78B£3.09B£3.15B£1.40B
Dividend Yield1.92%1.72%4.61%11.78%
P/E Ratio514.191,013.54431.221,561.46
Price / Sales0.8564.392,979.53209,782.91
Price / Cash0.500.2748.0032.90
Price / Book1.181.162.272.85
Net Income£1.31B£699.50M£394.92M£153.09M
7 Day Performance-3.49%-3.80%6.24%4.74%
1 Month Performance-0.46%-2.49%0.02%3.34%
1 Year Performance41.19%57.39%16.32%106.65%

Beazley Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEZ
Beazley
1.7548 of 5 stars
GBX 761
-1.6%
GBX 943
+23.9%
+43.5%£4.78B£5.60B514.192,324
JUST
Just Group
0.787 of 5 stars
GBX 136.20
+1.6%
GBX 135
-0.9%
+74.6%£1.42B£3.24B1,513.331,181
PRU
Prudential
3.51 of 5 stars
GBX 644
-0.1%
GBX 1,285
+99.5%
-28.4%£17.32B£10.94B2,683.3339,900
LGEN
Legal & General Group
3.2431 of 5 stars
GBX 220.60
+1.6%
GBX 279
+26.5%
-0.9%£12.88B£12.32B4,412.0011,956Insider Buying
News Coverage
Positive News
AV
Aviva
1.6461 of 5 stars
GBX 458
+1.1%
GBX 524.80
+14.6%
+12.8%£12.18B£22.64B995.6526,382High Trading Volume
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.5709 of 5 stars
GBX 873.40
+0.7%
N/A+27.0%£12.05B£-712,340,000.00-1,679.62N/A
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 431
+4.9%
N/A+19.2%£10.04B£4.82B590.4110,551
ADM
Admiral Group
1.1075 of 5 stars
GBX 2,563
0.0%
GBX 2,620.50
+2.2%
+2.9%£7.60B£4.12B1,956.4942,000
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,512
+1.2%
N/A+18.8%£6.46B£3.14B333.21N/ADividend Increase
Positive News
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
0.6386 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDR
Schroders
2.0034 of 5 stars
GBX 358.80
+4.3%
GBX 432
+20.4%
-8.7%£5.78B£2.93B1,495.006,438

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This page (LON:BEZ) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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