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Beazley (BEZ) Competitors

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GBX 808 -4.00 (-0.49%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:40 PM ET)

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

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), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Aviva (AV), AIB Group (AIBG), Admiral Group (ADM), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), and F&C Investment Trust (FCIT). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 16.46%. Beazley has a consensus price target of GBX 943, indicating a potential upside of 16.71%. Given Beazley's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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, Beazley had 1 more articles in the media than Just Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Beazley and 1 mentions for Just Group. Just Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Beazley's score of 0.67 indicating that Just Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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.

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 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£3.24B0.52£89M£0.091,795.56
Beazley£5.60B0.91£1.31B£1.48545.95

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BEZ vs. The Competition

MetricBeazleyInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.07B£2.54B£3.73B£1.89B
Dividend Yield1.92%1.94%4.43%5.46%
P/E Ratio545.95295.08418.741,843.16
Price / Sales0.9164.711,744.90389,641.00
Price / Cash0.502.0452.5328.69
Price / Book1.251.571.372.78
Net Income£1.31B£462.96M£361.47M£155.66M
7 Day Performance-3.75%-1.27%-1.62%-2.01%
1 Month Performance3.46%2.97%0.23%21.46%
1 Year Performance52.89%23.98%9.87%29.47%

Beazley Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEZ
Beazley
1.505 of 5 stars
GBX 808
-0.5%
GBX 943
+16.7%
+51.6%£5.07B£5.60B545.952,324News Coverage
JUST
Just Group
1.2615 of 5 stars
GBX 161
-0.2%
GBX 135
-16.1%
+94.0%£1.67B£3.24B1,793.331,181
PRU
Prudential
3.1917 of 5 stars
GBX 638.80
-1.4%
GBX 1,285
+101.2%
-28.1%£17.18B£10.94B2,706.6739,900
LGEN
Legal & General Group
2.199 of 5 stars
GBX 228.80
-1.5%
GBX 276.67
+20.9%
-10.1%£13.36B£12.32B4,644.0011,956
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.0378 of 5 stars
GBX 959.60
-1.3%
N/A+18.8%£13.24B£-712,340,000.00-1,869.62N/ANews Coverage
AV
Aviva
1.4472 of 5 stars
GBX 476.20
+1.1%
GBX 555.67
+16.7%
+5.9%£12.67B£22.64B1,035.2226,382High Trading Volume
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 450
flat
N/A+33.1%£10.49B£4.82B616.4410,551News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ADM
Admiral Group
1.4057 of 5 stars
GBX 2,632
-0.6%
GBX 2,961
+12.5%
-2.8%£7.80B£4.12B2,020.6142,000Insider Trade
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,886
-2.0%
N/A+6.8%£7.15B£3.14B374.62N/ADividend Increase
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
0.3261 of 5 stars
GBX 2,146.57
+1.6%
N/A+27.3%£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,132
-0.8%
N/A+16.0%£5.55B£1.02B593.75N/APositive News

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This page (LON:BEZ) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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