LRE vs. JUST, BEZ, JTC, PAG, AJB, BOCH, QLT, PIN, BNKR, and MYI
Should you be buying Lancashire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lancashire include Just Group (JUST), Beazley (BEZ), JTC (JTC), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), AJ Bell (AJB), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Quilter (QLT), Pantheon International (PIN), Bankers (BNKR), and Murray International (MYI). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Lancashire (LON:LRE) and Just Group (LON:JUST) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Lancashire has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Just Group. Lancashire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Just Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Just Group had 29 more articles in the media than Lancashire. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Just Group and 7 mentions for Lancashire. Just Group's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat Lancashire's score of 0.01 indicating that Just Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lancashire pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Lancashire pays out 1,523.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Just Group pays out 1,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lancashire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lancashire has a net margin of 26.70% compared to Just Group's net margin of 4.10%. Lancashire's return on equity of 22.69% beat Just Group's return on equity.
Lancashire presently has a consensus price target of GBX 792, indicating a potential upside of 26.52%. Just Group has a consensus price target of GBX 141.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.22%. Given Just Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Just Group is more favorable than Lancashire.
Lancashire received 10 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.24% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 44.39% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.
60.0% of Lancashire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Just Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Lancashire shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Just Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lancashire has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Group has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Just Group beats Lancashire on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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