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Beazley (BEZ) Competitors

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GBX 924.72 -24.78 (-2.61%)
As of 05/23/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

BEZ vs. LRE, JUST, RQIH, AV, AIBG, LGEN, SMT, BIRG, ADM, and PSH

Should you be buying Beazley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beazley include Lancashire (LRE), Just Group (JUST), R&Q Insurance (RQIH), Aviva (AV), AIB Group (AIBG), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Admiral Group (ADM), and Pershing Square (PSH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Beazley vs.

Beazley (LON:BEZ) and Lancashire (LON:LRE) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Beazley received 351 more outperform votes than Lancashire when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave Beazley an outperform vote while only 44.53% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BeazleyOutperform Votes
685
63.90%
Underperform Votes
387
36.10%
LancashireOutperform Votes
334
44.53%
Underperform Votes
416
55.47%

Beazley presently has a consensus target price of GBX 962.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.09%. Lancashire has a consensus target price of GBX 770, suggesting a potential upside of 29.63%. Given Lancashire's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lancashire is more favorable than Beazley.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Beazley
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lancashire
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Beazley pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Lancashire pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Beazley pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lancashire pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Lancashire has a net margin of 37.12% compared to Beazley's net margin of 22.82%. Beazley's return on equity of 32.60% beat Lancashire's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Beazley22.82% 32.60% 9.50%
Lancashire 37.12%10.76%6.75%

Beazley has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lancashire has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Beazley had 1 more articles in the media than Lancashire. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Beazley and 0 mentions for Lancashire. Beazley's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Lancashire's score of 0.00 indicating that Beazley is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Beazley Positive
Lancashire Neutral

72.5% of Beazley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Lancashire shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Beazley shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Lancashire shares are owned by 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.

Beazley has higher revenue and earnings than Lancashire. Beazley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lancashire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Beazley£6.57B1.08£1.50B£159.745.79
Lancashire£536.12M3.34£199.02M£52.4911.32

Summary

Beazley beats Lancashire on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BEZ vs. The Competition

MetricBeazleyInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.11B£3.07B£5.29B£2.66B
Dividend Yield1.71%1.22%4.13%4.79%
P/E Ratio5.795.8012.82135.59
Price / Sales1.08124.841,679.50224,602.93
Price / Cash0.502.0449.8328.30
Price / Book1.491.541.353.89
Net Income£1.50B£474.99M£1.16B£5.94B
7 Day Performance1.44%0.17%-0.04%3.64%
1 Month Performance2.82%2.45%10.21%24.61%
1 Year Performance37.50%11.20%12.22%29.34%

Beazley Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BEZ
Beazley
1.4208 of 5 stars
GBX 924.72
-2.6%
GBX 962.50
+4.1%
+37.5%£7.11B£6.57B5.792,324News Coverage
Positive News
LRE
Lancashire
N/AGBX 582
+1.6%
GBX 770
+32.3%
-4.3%£1.76B£536.12M11.09393Positive News
JUST
Just Group
2.253 of 5 stars
GBX 147.26
+1.4%
GBX 170
+15.4%
+34.0%£1.54B£2.66B17.131,181Positive News
RQIH
R&Q Insurance
N/AN/AN/AN/A£280,000.00£293.10M-0.09330
AV
Aviva
1.3826 of 5 stars
GBX 576.40
-1.2%
GBX 592.50
+2.8%
+26.5%£15.49B£37.44B11.8826,382Trending News
High Trading Volume
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 554
+6.1%
N/A+24.7%£15.48B£5.27B7.5710,551
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.5924 of 5 stars
GBX 239.81
+0.0%
GBX 267
+11.3%
-3.5%£14.05B£47.90B44.2711,956News Coverage
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
1.1528 of 5 stars
GBX 985.40
+4.0%
N/A+9.5%£12.05B£1.26B10.11N/AEarnings Report
Gap Up
BIRG
Bank of Ireland Group
N/AGBX 11.48
+4.5%
N/A+10.0%£11.52B£406.20B7.7910,845
ADM
Admiral Group
0.8548 of 5 stars
GBX 3,290
-1.8%
N/A+22.6%£10.06B£4.54B25.1142,000Positive News
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,762
+4.2%
N/A-6.5%£8.61B£3.57B3.94N/ANews Coverage

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This page (LON:BEZ) was last updated on 5/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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