BEZ vs. JUST, LGEN, AV, SMT, AIBG, ADM, PSH, ICP, SDR, and PHNX
Should you be buying Beazley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beazley include Just Group (JUST), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), AIB Group (AIBG), Admiral Group (ADM), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), and Phoenix Group (PHNX). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Beazley (LON:BEZ) and Just Group (LON:JUST) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
68.9% of Beazley shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Just Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Beazley shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Just Group had 44 more articles in the media than Beazley. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Just Group and 2 mentions for Beazley. Beazley's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Just Group's score of 0.02 indicating that Beazley is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Beazley received 362 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.24% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave Beazley an outperform vote.
Beazley has a net margin of 20.14% compared to Just Group's net margin of 4.10%. Beazley's return on equity of 30.04% beat Just Group's return on equity.
Beazley has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Group has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Beazley has higher revenue and earnings than Just Group. Beazley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Just Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Beazley currently has a consensus price target of GBX 929, indicating a potential upside of 38.97%. Just Group has a consensus price target of GBX 142.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.44%. Given Beazley's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Beazley is more favorable than Just Group.
Beazley pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Beazley pays out 1,176.5% 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. Beazley is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Beazley beats Just Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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