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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 7 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Legal & General Group and 6 mentions for 3i Group. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.89 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Legal & General Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 268.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.74%. 3i Group has a consensus target price of GBX 4,021, suggesting a potential downside of 0.72%. Given Legal & General Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than 3i Group.
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.
Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of 3i Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:LGEN) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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