JUST vs. BEZ, LRE, RQIH, ICP, STJ, SDR, FCIT, HL, MNG, and PHNX
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), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), and Phoenix Group (PHNX). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
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 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 943, indicating a potential upside of 15.21%. Just Group has a consensus target price of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 17.58%. Given Beazley's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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.
Beazley has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Group has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 1.2%. Beazley pays out 8.8% 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. Beazley is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Beazley had 3 more articles in the media than Just Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Beazley and 0 mentions for Just Group. Just Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Beazley's score of 0.15 indicating that Just Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Beazley has a net margin of 22.82% compared to Just Group's net margin of 3.40%. Beazley's return on equity of 32.60% beat Just Group's return on equity.
72.5% of Beazley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Just Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Beazley 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Beazley beats Just Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JUST) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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