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Just Group (JUST) Competitors

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GBX 143.67 -2.93 (-2.00%)
As of 05/23/2025 12:20 PM Eastern

JUST vs. LRE, RQIH, BEZ, STJ, SDR, FCIT, HL, MNG, HSX, and INVP

Should you be buying Just Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Just Group include Lancashire (LRE), R&Q Insurance (RQIH), Beazley (BEZ), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Hiscox (HSX), and Investec Group (INVP). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

Just Group vs.

Lancashire (LON:LRE) and Just Group (LON:JUST) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Lancashire has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Group has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lancashire presently has a consensus price target of GBX 770, indicating a potential upside of 29.63%. Just Group has a consensus price target of GBX 170, indicating a potential upside of 18.33%. Given Lancashire's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lancashire is more favorable than Just Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lancashire
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Just Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

60.5% of Lancashire shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Just Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Lancashire shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% 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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lancashire pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Just Group pays out 23.3% 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.

In the previous week, Lancashire's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Just Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Lancashire Neutral
Just Group Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lancashire£536.12M3.34£199.02M£52.4911.32
Just Group£2.66B0.56£90.37M£8.5916.72

Lancashire has a net margin of 37.12% compared to Just Group's net margin of 3.40%. Lancashire's return on equity of 10.76% beat Just Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lancashire37.12% 10.76% 6.75%
Just Group 3.40%8.47%3.30%

Lancashire received 10 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.05% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 44.53% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LancashireOutperform Votes
334
44.53%
Underperform Votes
416
55.47%
Just GroupOutperform Votes
324
71.05%
Underperform Votes
132
28.95%

Summary

Lancashire beats Just Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JUST vs. The Competition

MetricJust GroupInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.50B£3.07B£5.29B£2.66B
Dividend Yield1.34%1.22%4.13%4.79%
P/E Ratio16.725.8012.82135.59
Price / Sales0.56124.841,679.50224,602.93
Price / Cash0.042.0449.8328.30
Price / Book1.211.541.353.89
Net Income£90.37M£474.99M£1.16B£5.94B
7 Day Performance-2.79%0.17%-0.04%3.64%
1 Month Performance6.26%2.45%10.21%24.61%
1 Year Performance34.02%11.20%12.22%29.34%

Just Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JUST
Just Group
2.2554 of 5 stars
GBX 143.67
-2.0%
GBX 170
+18.3%
+34.0%£1.50B£2.66B16.721,181Gap Up
LRE
Lancashire
N/AGBX 596
+2.4%
GBX 770
+29.2%
-4.3%£1.80B£536.12M11.35393
RQIH
R&Q Insurance
N/AN/AN/AN/A£280,000.00£293.10M-0.09330
BEZ
Beazley
1.4239 of 5 stars
GBX 870
-0.3%
GBX 962.50
+10.6%
+37.5%£6.69B£6.57B5.452,324News Coverage
Positive News
STJ
St. James's Place
1.2845 of 5 stars
GBX 1,091.50
+2.6%
GBX 812.33
-25.6%
+121.5%£5.90B£26.27B-914.832,298
SDR
Schroders
1.5233 of 5 stars
GBX 348.80
+0.4%
GBX 404.75
+16.0%
-13.7%£5.41B£2.78B15.236,438News Coverage
Positive News
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,102
+0.8%
N/A+4.3%£5.33B£981.19M5.71N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
2.3694 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 1,055.33
+∞
N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MNG
M&G
0.2743 of 5 stars
GBX 216.05
-0.6%
GBX 223.33
+3.4%
+8.4%£5.15B£9.02B30.816,101
HSX
Hiscox
0.8907 of 5 stars
GBX 1,148
-0.2%
GBX 1,200
+4.5%
+7.6%£4.95B£4.60B7.043,000News Coverage
INVP
Investec Group
4.2964 of 5 stars
GBX 491.60
+0.8%
GBX 660
+34.3%
-5.6%£4.16B£1.26B7.547,500News Coverage
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This page (LON:JUST) was last updated on 5/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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