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Legal & General Group (LGEN) Competitors

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GBX 250.60 -4.50 (-1.76%)
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LGEN vs. III, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, MNG, STJ, SDR, FCIT, and HL

Should you be buying Legal & General Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Legal & General Group include 3i Group (III), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), and Hargreaves Lansdown (HL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Legal & General Group vs. Its Competitors

Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and 3i Group (LON:III) are both large-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 1 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Legal & General Group and 6 mentions for 3i Group. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.91 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Legal & General Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
3i Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

3i Group has a net margin of 96.45% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. 3i Group's return on equity of 19.97% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Legal & General Group0.67% 7.79% 0.18%
3i Group 96.45%19.97%12.09%

47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of 3i Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Legal & General Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 268.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.08%. 3i Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,021, suggesting a potential downside of 0.27%. Given Legal & General Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than 3i Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Legal & General Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
3i Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

3i Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Legal & General Group. 3i Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Legal & General Group£47.90B0.31£319.08M£5.4246.26
3i Group£3.97B9.81£3.83B£396.4810.17

Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. 3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Legal & General Group pays out 387.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 3i Group pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

3i Group beats Legal & General Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LGEN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LGEN vs. The Competition

MetricLegal & General GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£14.69B£1.23B£6.45B£2.95B
Dividend Yield8.47%4.35%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio46.2621.8913.61141.97
Price / Sales0.312,412.851,790.58214,420.17
Price / Cash0.6060.8148.9127.99
Price / Book4.021.211.404.61
Net Income£319.08M£264.68M£1.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.87%0.93%1.07%0.60%
1 Month Performance-0.10%3.06%3.39%4.46%
1 Year Performance10.49%6.70%15.43%80.87%

Legal & General Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.5222 of 5 stars
GBX 250.60
-1.8%
GBX 268.33
+7.1%
+11.6%£14.69B£47.90B46.2611,956News Coverage
III
3i Group
2.6305 of 5 stars
GBX 4,022
-1.4%
GBX 4,021
0.0%
+36.7%£38.83B£3.97B10.141,340Positive News
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
1.3502 of 5 stars
GBX 984.80
-1.0%
N/A+15.5%£12.04B£1.26B10.10N/A
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,798
-1.9%
N/A-6.7%£8.69B£3.57B3.98N/A
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
MNG
M&G
0.5809 of 5 stars
GBX 253.70
-0.8%
GBX 223.33
-12.0%
+25.2%£6.04B£9.02B36.186,101
STJ
St. James's Place
0.8943 of 5 stars
GBX 1,092
-0.9%
GBX 812.33
-25.6%
+116.2%£5.91B£26.27B-915.252,298
SDR
Schroders
1.074 of 5 stars
GBX 360.60
-1.0%
GBX 392.25
+8.8%
+0.2%£5.60B£2.78B15.756,438Gap Up
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,088
+0.4%
N/A+10.8%£5.26B£981.19M5.64N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
2.2495 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 684
+∞
N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:LGEN) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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