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M&G (MNG) Competitors

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GBX 220.50 -1.30 (-0.59%)
As of 05/21/2025 12:17 PM Eastern

MNG vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, STJ, SDR, FCIT, HL, and PCT

Should you be buying M&G stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&G include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

M&G vs.

Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and M&G (LON:MNG) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&G has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Legal & General Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 267, suggesting a potential upside of 10.46%. M&G has a consensus target price of GBX 223.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.28%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than M&G.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Legal & General Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
M&G
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of M&G shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of M&G shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Legal & General Group and Legal & General Group both had 1 articles in the media. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat M&G's score of 0.67 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Legal & General Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
M&G
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

M&G has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. Legal & General Group's return on equity of 7.79% beat M&G's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Legal & General Group0.67% 7.79% 0.18%
M&G 1.85%4.31%0.40%

Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. 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. M&G pays out 285.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. M&G is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Legal & General Group received 1197 more outperform votes than M&G when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.86% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 47.71% of users gave M&G an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Legal & General GroupOutperform Votes
1249
71.86%
Underperform Votes
489
28.14%
M&GOutperform Votes
52
47.71%
Underperform Votes
57
52.29%

Legal & General Group has higher revenue and earnings than M&G. M&G 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
Legal & General Group£47.90B0.30£319.08M£5.4244.62
M&G£9.02B0.58£166.98M£7.0131.44

Summary

Legal & General Group beats M&G on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MNG vs. The Competition

MetricM&GAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.25B£1.20B£5.34B£2.68B
Dividend Yield8.97%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio31.4421.7612.76134.32
Price / Sales0.582,409.521,770.92203,702.45
Price / Cash0.8260.4649.7128.02
Price / Book1.401.151.343.79
Net Income£166.98M£263.32M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.15%14.01%7.12%7.78%
1 Month Performance12.64%18.69%18.67%29.45%
1 Year Performance7.56%2.21%13.09%119.74%

M&G Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MNG
M&G
0.2561 of 5 stars
GBX 220.50
-0.6%
GBX 223.33
+1.3%
+7.6%£5.25B£9.02B31.446,101
LGEN
Legal & General Group
2.0554 of 5 stars
GBX 240
-1.0%
GBX 267
+11.2%
-4.2%£14.07B£47.90B44.3111,956
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
1.1582 of 5 stars
GBX 1,000
-1.0%
N/A+14.1%£12.23B£1.26B10.26N/A
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 3,740
-1.5%
N/A-7.5%£8.56B£3.57B3.92N/APositive News
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
0.391 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579News Coverage
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750Positive News
High Trading Volume
STJ
St. James's Place
1.3636 of 5 stars
GBX 1,088
-0.5%
GBX 812.33
-25.3%
+128.2%£5.88B£26.27B-911.902,298News Coverage
SDR
Schroders
1.5464 of 5 stars
GBX 346.80
-0.3%
GBX 404.75
+16.7%
-10.0%£5.38B£2.78B15.156,438Analyst Forecast
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,106
-0.4%
N/A+6.0%£5.35B£981.19M5.73N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
2.3871 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 1,055.33
+∞
N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850Positive News
High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 327
-1.1%
N/A-89.2%£3.86B£1.24B3.21120News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (LON:MNG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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