LRE vs. JUST, BEZ, BOCH, RAT, JTC, PAG, QLT, MYI, PIN, and WTAN
Should you be buying Lancashire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lancashire include Just Group (JUST), Beazley (BEZ), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Rathbones Group (RAT), JTC (JTC), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), Quilter (QLT), Murray International (MYI), Pantheon International (PIN), and Witan Investment Trust (WTAN). 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
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.
Lancashire presently has a consensus price target of GBX 768, indicating a potential upside of 27.15%. Just Group has a consensus price target of GBX 141.67, indicating a potential upside of 37.01%. Given Just Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Just Group is more favorable than Lancashire.
In the previous week, Just Group had 35 more articles in the media than Lancashire. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Just Group and 1 mentions for Lancashire. Lancashire's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Just Group's score of -0.02 indicating that Lancashire is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lancashire has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Group has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lancashire received 9 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.24% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 44.37% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.
54.9% of Lancashire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.9% of Just Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Lancashire shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Just Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. 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
Lancashire and Just Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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