JUST vs. LRE, RQIH, BEZ, SDR, PHNX, STJ, FCIT, MNG, HL, and HSX
Should you be buying Just Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Just Group include Lancashire (LRE), R&Q Insurance (RQIH), Beazley (BEZ), Schroders (SDR), Phoenix Group (PHNX), St. James's Place (STJ), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), M&G (MNG), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), and Hiscox (HSX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Just Group vs.
Lancashire (LON:LRE) and Just Group (LON:JUST) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Lancashire presently has a consensus price target of GBX 788.75, suggesting a potential upside of 35.52%. Just Group has a consensus price target of GBX 170, suggesting a potential upside of 12.81%. Given Lancashire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lancashire is more favorable than Just Group.
In the previous week, Lancashire and Lancashire both had 4 articles in the media. Lancashire's average media sentiment score of -0.13 beat Just Group's score of -0.94 indicating that Lancashire is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lancashire has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Just Group. Lancashire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Just Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lancashire pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Lancashire pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Just Group pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Lancashire has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Group has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lancashire has a net margin of 37.12% compared to Just Group's net margin of 3.40%. Lancashire's return on equity of 10.76% beat Just Group's return on equity.
60.5% of Lancashire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Just Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Lancashire shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Just Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lancashire received 10 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.05% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 44.53% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.
Summary
Lancashire beats Just Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JUST) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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