JUST vs. BEZ, LRE, RQIH, FCIT, HL, SDR, PHNX, MNG, STJ, and PCT
Should you be buying Just Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Just Group include Beazley (BEZ), Lancashire (LRE), R&Q Insurance (RQIH), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Schroders (SDR), Phoenix Group (PHNX), M&G (MNG), St. James's Place (STJ), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Just Group vs.
Beazley (LON:BEZ) and Just Group (LON:JUST) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
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 beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Group has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 media.
Beazley pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Beazley currently has a consensus price target of GBX 943, indicating a potential upside of 12.66%. Just Group has a consensus price target of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 15.63%. Given Beazley's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Beazley is more favorable than Just Group.
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.
72.5% of Beazley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Just Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Beazley shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Just Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Beazley beats Just Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JUST) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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