JUST vs. LRE, AGT, EDIN, N91, IEM, FCSS, BRWM, LWDB, RICA, and CGT
Should you be buying Just Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Just Group include Lancashire (LRE), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Ninety One Group (N91), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Law Debenture (LWDB), Ruffer Investment (RICA), and Capital Gearing (CGT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Just Group (LON:JUST) and Lancashire (LON:LRE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
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 44.44% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.
Just Group has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lancashire has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Just Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 141.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.37%. Lancashire has a consensus target price of GBX 768, indicating a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Just Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Just Group is more favorable than Lancashire.
73.9% of Just Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of Lancashire shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Just Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Lancashire shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Lancashire pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 pays out 1,523.8% 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.
In the previous week, Just Group had 31 more articles in the media than Lancashire. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Just Group and 4 mentions for Lancashire. Lancashire's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Just Group's score of 0.03 indicating that Lancashire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lancashire has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 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.
Summary
Just Group and Lancashire tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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