LGEN vs. III, SMT, PSH, STJ, ICP, SDRC, MNG, 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), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), 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
3i Group (LON:III) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both large-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
3i Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
66.1% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of 3i Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
3i Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 5 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Legal & General Group and 1 mentions for 3i Group. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat 3i Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
3i Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,850, suggesting a potential upside of 16.11%. Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 268.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.19%. Given 3i Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe 3i Group is more favorable than Legal & General Group.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. 3i Group pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Summary
3i Group beats Legal & General Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LGEN) was last updated on 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff