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St. James's Place (STJ) Competitors

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GBX 1,308.50 +13.50 (+1.04%)
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STJ vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, MNG, ICP, SDR, SDRC, 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), M&G (MNG), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.

In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 12 more articles in the media than St. James's Place. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Legal & General Group and 1 mentions for St. James's Place. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.29 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
St. James's Place
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Legal & General Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

St. James's Place currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,485, suggesting a potential upside of 13.49%. Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 246.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.83%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Legal & General Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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-£1.19-1,096.71
Legal & General Group£47.90B0.31£319.08M£5.4247.35

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 8.2%. 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.

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

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%

Summary

Legal & General Group beats St. James's Place on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.
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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.
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STJ vs. The Competition

MetricSt. James's PlaceAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.08B£1.30B£6.47B£3.22B
Dividend Yield1.27%4.41%4.18%5.04%
P/E Ratio-1,096.7122.7214.42164.63
Price / Sales0.272,484.151,795.74310,107.36
Price / Cash0.8260.62127.2127.93
Price / Book6.551.425.135.90
Net Income-£6.46M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.85%0.62%0.77%48.33%
1 Month Performance9.77%1.07%2.41%49.98%
1 Year Performance85.34%7.56%24.85%127.65%

St. James's Place Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STJ
St. James's Place
2.5744 of 5 stars
GBX 1,308.50
+1.0%
GBX 1,485
+13.5%
+85.7%£7.08B£26.27B-1,096.712,298
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.3326 of 5 stars
GBX 259.66
+0.0%
GBX 268.33
+3.3%
+10.1%£15.22B£47.90B47.9411,956Positive News
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.7644 of 5 stars
GBX 1,064.57
-0.8%
N/A+23.9%£13.02B£1.26B10.92N/AHigh Trading Volume
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,155.76
+1.3%
N/A+16.2%£9.51B£3.57B4.36N/A
MNG
M&G
0.9635 of 5 stars
GBX 264.20
+0.2%
GBX 251
-5.0%
+26.9%£6.29B£9.02B37.676,101
ICP
Intermediate Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579
SDR
Schroders
2.194 of 5 stars
GBX 397.80
-0.2%
GBX 387
-2.7%
+12.6%£6.17B£2.78B17.376,438
SDRC
Schroders
N/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading Volume
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,152.61
-0.1%
N/A+11.7%£5.57B£981.19M5.97N/APositive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.6519 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 403
-1.0%
N/A-87.4%£4.75B£1.24B3.96120News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (LON:STJ) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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