LON:LGENLegal & General Group Share Price, Forecast & News

Legal & General Group's stock was trading at GBX 220.50 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LGEN shares have decreased by 0.5% and is now trading at GBX 219.40. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Legal & General Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Legal & General Group.

Legal & General Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Legal & General Group.

Legal & General Group declared a dividend on Wednesday, March 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 23rd will be paid a dividend of GBX 12.64 per share on Thursday, June 4th. This represents a yield of 4.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 23rd. This is a positive change from Legal & General Group's previous dividend of GBX 4.93. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Legal & General Group's dividend history.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Legal & General Group's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 165 to GBX 350. On average, they expect Legal & General Group's share price to reach GBX 249.55 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Legal & General Group.

Press coverage about LGEN stock has trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Legal & General Group earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Legal & General Group.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Legal & General Group investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), BP (BP), Barclays (BARC), Aviva (AV), National Grid (NG), Prudential (PRU), Berkeley Group (BKG), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), easyJet (EZJ) and Centrica (CNA).

Legal & General Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "LGEN."

Shares of LGEN and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of LGEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 219.40.

Legal & General Group has a market capitalization of £13.09 billion and generates £19.77 billion in revenue each year. Legal & General Group employs 7,981 workers across the globe.

The official website for Legal & General Group is www.legalandgeneralgroup.com.

Legal & General Group's mailing address is 1 Coleman Street, LONDON, EC2R 5AA, United Kingdom. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at +44-20-31243000.