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M&G (MNG) Competitors

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GBX 251 +1.50 (+0.60%)
As of 10/3/2025 12:53 PM Eastern

MNG vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, STJ, ICP, SDRC, 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), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), 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. Its Competitors

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

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£27.99B0.47£319.08M£0.045,290.87
M&G£15.21B0.39£166.98M-£0.15-1,662.25

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

70.6% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of M&G shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of M&G shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Legal & General Group pays out 478.9% 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 -131.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Legal & General Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 246.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.53%. M&G has a consensus price target of GBX 266, suggesting a potential upside of 5.98%. Given M&G's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe M&G is more favorable than Legal & General Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Legal & General Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
M&G
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 8 more articles in the media than M&G. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Legal & General Group and 2 mentions for M&G. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat M&G's score of 0.34 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
M&G
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Legal & General Group beats M&G on 13 of the 19 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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MNG vs. The Competition

MetricM&GAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£5.94B£1.48B£6.50B£2.61B
Dividend Yield8.03%4.62%4.33%5.31%
P/E Ratio-1,662.254,830.491,799.495,441.27
Price / Sales0.391,965.751,357.43262,746.19
Price / Cash0.8260.47127.4127.90
Price / Book1.601.382.138.04
Net Income£166.98M£264.59M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.04%0.77%4.03%4.31%
1 Month Performance-3.68%1.72%6.60%6.53%
1 Year Performance21.84%8.60%35.90%140.50%

M&G Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MNG
M&G
1.0641 of 5 stars
GBX 251
+0.6%
GBX 266
+6.0%
+24.0%£5.94B£15.21B-1,662.256,101
LGEN
Legal & General Group
2.2235 of 5 stars
GBX 239.33
+0.5%
GBX 246.67
+3.1%
+5.7%£13.47B£18.57B5,366.1411,956
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.6714 of 5 stars
GBX 1,135
+1.3%
N/A+33.7%£12.87B£1.24B1,200.17N/ANews Coverage
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,753.02
+2.0%
N/A+31.5%£8.48B£1.20B744.99N/A
STJ
St. James's Place
3.3317 of 5 stars
GBX 1,249
+1.2%
GBX 1,485
+18.9%
+78.1%£6.55B£16.94B1,324.502,298News 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
SDR
Schroders
2.336 of 5 stars
GBX 374.60
+0.6%
GBX 387
+3.3%
+13.4%£5.81B£3.02B1,679.826,438Analyst Upgrade
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,200.77
+1.0%
N/A+17.9%£5.75B£367.41M1,661.97N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
1.0382 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 434.50
+0.6%
N/A+49.8%£4.98B£122.39M4,358.07120News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (LON:MNG) was last updated on 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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