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St. James's Place (STJ) Competitors

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GBX 1,251 -5.00 (-0.40%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

STJ vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, MNG, 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), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), 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

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

Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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. St. James's Place pays out 19.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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
Legal & General Group£18.57B0.73£319.08M£0.045,365.47
St. James's Place£16.94B0.39-£6.46M£0.941,326.62

Legal & General Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 246.67, indicating a potential upside of 3.08%. St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 1,485, indicating a potential upside of 18.71%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
Legal & General Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
St. James's Place
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

70.6% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of St. James's Place shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Legal & General Group0.67% 7.79% 0.18%
St. James's Place -0.02%-0.63%0.22%

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

In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 2 more articles in the media than St. James's Place. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Legal & General Group and 1 mentions for St. James's Place. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.00 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)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
St. James's Place
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Legal & General Group beats St. James's Place on 11 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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STJ vs. The Competition

MetricSt. James's PlaceAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.56B£1.43B£6.38B£2.58B
Dividend Yield1.49%4.58%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,326.624,757.631,776.405,410.64
Price / Sales0.391,961.841,352.3296,691.09
Price / Cash0.8260.62127.4727.93
Price / Book6.261.362.067.76
Net Income-£6.46M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.01%13.26%7.02%6.47%
1 Month Performance-2.57%13.27%7.46%55.91%
1 Year Performance73.99%8.42%30.83%147.81%

St. James's Place Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STJ
St. James's Place
2.8056 of 5 stars
GBX 1,251
-0.4%
GBX 1,485
+18.7%
+75.9%£6.56B£16.94B1,326.622,298
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.5693 of 5 stars
GBX 238.50
-2.9%
GBX 246.67
+3.4%
+6.3%£13.47B£18.57B8,339.1611,956Positive News
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.5463 of 5 stars
GBX 1,089.20
0.0%
N/A+36.9%£12.46B£1.24B1,151.74N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,340
-0.6%
N/A+32.1%£7.77B£1.20B680.25N/A
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
MNG
M&G
0.8943 of 5 stars
GBX 258
-2.6%
GBX 255
-1.2%
+25.1%£6.11B£11.26B-1,708.616,101Analyst Forecast
SDR
Schroders
2.3763 of 5 stars
GBX 364.60
-2.7%
GBX 387
+6.1%
+12.7%£5.65B£3.02B1,634.986,438News Coverage
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,157
-0.2%
N/A+15.6%£5.56B£367.41M1,601.38N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.987 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 392.55
-0.2%
N/A-85.5%£4.53B£122.39M3,937.31120News Coverage

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This page (LON:STJ) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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