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Legal & General Group (LGEN) Competitors

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GBX 255.10 +0.20 (+0.08%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
3i Group£3.97B10.16£3.83B£396.4810.54
Legal & General Group£47.90B0.31£319.08M£5.4247.09

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
3i Group96.45% 19.97% 12.09%
Legal & General Group 0.67%7.79%0.18%

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.

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

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
3i Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Legal & General Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£14.95B£1.27B£6.16B£3.02B
Dividend Yield8.47%4.39%4.20%5.02%
P/E Ratio47.0922.2413.41163.74
Price / Sales0.312,361.481,734.47276,991.72
Price / Cash0.6060.8149.5227.97
Price / Book4.091.221.934.62
Net Income£319.08M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.30%0.64%4.50%7.66%
1 Month Performance1.44%3.38%7.53%13.72%
1 Year Performance9.77%5.79%16.96%59.75%

Legal & General Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.5283 of 5 stars
GBX 255.10
+0.1%
GBX 268.33
+5.2%
+9.6%£14.95B£47.90B47.0911,956Positive News
High Trading Volume
III
3i Group
3.4095 of 5 stars
GBX 4,155.45
+2.8%
GBX 4,850
+16.7%
+39.2%£40.12B£3.97B10.481,340
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
1.114 of 5 stars
GBX 1,031.50
-0.2%
N/A+16.6%£12.61B£1.26B10.58N/AHigh Trading Volume
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,132
-0.2%
N/A+0.1%£9.45B£3.57B4.33N/A
STJ
St. James's Place
0.9657 of 5 stars
GBX 1,171.91
+0.4%
GBX 843.50
-28.0%
+117.7%£6.34B£26.27B-982.222,298News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
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
0.567 of 5 stars
GBX 255.80
+0.2%
GBX 223.33
-12.7%
+24.2%£6.09B£9.02B36.486,101
SDR
Schroders
1.4027 of 5 stars
GBX 368.20
+1.4%
GBX 396.25
+7.6%
+0.8%£5.71B£2.78B16.086,438
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,116
-0.1%
N/A+10.2%£5.39B£981.19M5.78N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.7062 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 7/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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