Free Trial

St. James's Place (STJ) Competitors

St. James's Place logo
GBX 1,298 -10.50 (-0.80%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:10 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying St. James's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of St. James's Place include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), M&G (MNG), 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.

St. James's Place vs. Its Competitors

St. James's Place (LON:STJ) and Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

St. James's Place presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,408.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.53%. Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 268.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.64%. Given St. James' Place's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Legal & General Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
St. James's Place
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Legal & General Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, St. James's Place and St. James's Place both had 10 articles in the media. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.38 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
St. James's Place
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Legal & General Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Legal & General Group has higher revenue and earnings than St. James's Place. St. James's Place 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
St. James's Place£26.27B0.27-£6.46M-£1.19-1,087.91
Legal & General Group£47.90B0.31£319.08M£5.4246.89

Legal & General Group has a net margin of 0.67% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Legal & General Group's return on equity of 7.79% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
St. James's Place-0.02% -0.63% 0.22%
Legal & General Group 0.67%7.79%0.18%

St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% 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.

79.6% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Legal & General Group beats St. James's Place on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get St. James's Place News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for STJ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding STJ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

STJ vs. The Competition

MetricSt. James's PlaceAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.02B£1.29B£6.33B£3.03B
Dividend Yield1.27%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio-1,087.9122.3714.04176.75
Price / Sales0.272,540.331,847.24264,362.43
Price / Cash0.8260.70127.5327.97
Price / Book6.501.452.244.53
Net Income-£6.46M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance12.09%-0.46%6.10%12.57%
1 Month Performance11.75%0.53%1.84%6.09%
1 Year Performance88.66%6.39%19.34%71.59%

St. James's Place Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STJ
St. James's Place
1.0742 of 5 stars
GBX 1,298
-0.8%
GBX 1,408.75
+8.5%
+87.1%£7.02B£26.27B-1,087.912,298News Coverage
Earnings Report
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.8362 of 5 stars
GBX 255.20
-0.1%
GBX 268.33
+5.1%
+12.4%£14.96B£47.90B47.1111,956News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.9858 of 5 stars
GBX 1,089
+0.6%
N/A+26.4%£13.32B£1.26B11.17N/ANews Coverage
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,188.36
+0.6%
N/A+8.3%£9.58B£3.57B4.39N/A
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
MNG
M&G
0.8554 of 5 stars
GBX 258.30
+0.3%
GBX 248.75
-3.7%
+22.9%£6.15B£9.02B36.836,101News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
SDR
Schroders
1.5485 of 5 stars
GBX 389.96
-1.4%
GBX 386.25
-1.0%
+6.7%£6.05B£2.78B17.036,438News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,169
+0.9%
N/A+10.3%£5.65B£981.19M6.06N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
1.1874 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850Positive News
High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 394.44
+1.1%
N/A-87.3%£4.65B£1.24B3.87120Positive News

Related Companies and Tools


This page (LON:STJ) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners