LGEN vs. III, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, HL, SDR, FCIT, STJ, and MNG
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), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), St. James's Place (STJ), and M&G (MNG). 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. 3i Group pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Legal & General Group pays out 387.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, 3i Group and 3i Group both had 2 articles in the media. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.21 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
66.1% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of 3i Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
3i Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,697.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.29%. Legal & General Group has a consensus target price of GBX 267, indicating a potential upside of 9.88%. Given Legal & General Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than 3i Group.
Legal & General Group received 825 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.86% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 70.67% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote.
3i Group has a net margin of 96.45% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. 3i Group's return on equity of 19.97% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.
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 has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
3i Group beats Legal & General Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LGEN) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
