BEZ vs. JUST, LRE, RQIH, PRU, SMT, LGEN, AV, AIBG, PSH, and ADM
Should you be buying Beazley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beazley include Just Group (JUST), Lancashire (LRE), R&Q Insurance (RQIH), Prudential (PRU), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), AIB Group (AIBG), Pershing Square (PSH), and Admiral Group (ADM). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
Just Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 135, suggesting a potential downside of 15.63%. Beazley has a consensus target price of GBX 943, suggesting a potential upside of 12.66%. Given Beazley's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beazley is more favorable than Just Group.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Beazley shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Beazley had 6 more articles in the media than Just Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Beazley and 2 mentions for Just Group. Beazley's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Just Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Beazley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Beazley pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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 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 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BEZ) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
