LRE vs. JUST, BEZ, AJB, JTC, TBCG, PIN, MYI, QLT, PAG, and RAT
Should you be buying Lancashire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lancashire include Just Group (JUST), Beazley (BEZ), AJ Bell (AJB), JTC (JTC), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Pantheon International (PIN), Murray International (MYI), Quilter (QLT), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), and Rathbones Group (RAT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Lancashire (LON:LRE) and Just Group (LON:JUST) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Lancashire received 10 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.24% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 44.39% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.
Lancashire currently has a consensus price target of GBX 792, suggesting a potential upside of 31.78%. Just Group has a consensus price target of GBX 141.67, suggesting a potential upside of 32.47%. Given Just Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Just Group is more favorable than Lancashire.
Lancashire has a net margin of 26.70% compared to Just Group's net margin of 4.10%. Lancashire's return on equity of 22.69% beat Just Group's return on equity.
59.3% of Lancashire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Just Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Lancashire shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Just Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lancashire has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Just Group. Lancashire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Just Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lancashire has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Group has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Just Group had 26 more articles in the media than Lancashire. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Just Group and 1 mentions for Lancashire. Just Group's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Lancashire's score of 0.00 indicating that Just Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lancashire pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Lancashire pays out 1,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Just Group pays out 1,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lancashire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Just Group beats Lancashire on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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