MNG vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, HL, SDR, FCIT, STJ, and ATST
Should you be buying M&G stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&G include Legal & General Group (LGEN), 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 Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
M&G vs.
Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and M&G (LON:MNG) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Legal & General Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 267, suggesting a potential upside of 10.83%. M&G has a consensus price target of GBX 223.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.53%. Given M&G's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe M&G is more favorable than Legal & General Group.
Legal & General Group received 1197 more outperform votes than M&G when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.86% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 47.71% of users gave M&G an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 2 more articles in the media than M&G. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Legal & General Group and 3 mentions for M&G. M&G's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.02 indicating that M&G is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&G has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Legal & General Group has higher revenue and earnings than M&G. M&G 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.
Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. 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. M&G pays out 285.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. M&G is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
M&G has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. Legal & General Group's return on equity of 7.79% beat M&G's return on equity.
47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of M&G shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of M&G shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
M&G beats Legal & General Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MNG) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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