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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
79.6% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
St. James's Place presently has a consensus price target of GBX 843.50, suggesting a potential downside of 28.59%. Legal & General Group has a consensus price target of GBX 268.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.99%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than St. James's Place.
In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 15 more articles in the media than St. James's Place. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Legal & General Group and 1 mentions for St. James's Place. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.19 indicating that Legal & General Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. 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.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats St. James's Place on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:STJ) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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