LGEN vs. III, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, FCIT, HL, SDR, MNG, and STJ
Should you be buying Legal & General Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Legal & General Group include 3i Group (III), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Schroders (SDR), M&G (MNG), and St. James's Place (STJ). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Legal & General Group vs.
3i Group (LON:III) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Legal & General Group received 823 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.80% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 70.57% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote.
3i Group has a net margin of 96.46% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 2.46%. 3i Group's return on equity of 20.73% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.
3i Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.1% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of 3i Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, 3i Group had 4 more articles in the media than Legal & General Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for 3i Group and 3 mentions for Legal & General Group. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat 3i Group's score of 0.01 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3i Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Legal & General Group. 3i Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3i Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,148, suggesting a potential downside of 8.70%. Legal & General Group has a consensus target price of GBX 279, suggesting a potential upside of 28.28%. Given Legal & General Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than 3i Group.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. 3i Group pays out 1,536.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Legal & General Group pays out 42,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
3i Group beats Legal & General Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LGEN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff