LGEN vs. III, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, SDR, HL, MNG, FCIT, and STJ
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), Schroders (SDR), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), and St. James's Place (STJ). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
3i Group (LON:III) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. 3i Group pays out 1,217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Legal & General Group pays out 42,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 1 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Legal & General Group and 5 mentions for 3i Group. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Legal & General Group's score of 1.32 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Legal & General Group received 823 more outperform votes than 3i Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.80% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 70.57% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote.
56.8% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of 3i Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
3i Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
3i Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,148, suggesting a potential upside of 2.37%. Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 279, suggesting a potential upside of 23.94%. Given Legal & General Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than 3i Group.
3i Group has a net margin of 95.86% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 2.46%. 3i Group's return on equity of 27.62% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.
Summary
3i Group beats Legal & General Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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