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St. James's Place (STJ) Competitors

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GBX 1,224.50 -1.00 (-0.08%)
As of 07/11/2025 12:29 PM 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. 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 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 pays out -1,173.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Legal & General Group and Legal & General Group both had 6 articles in the media. Legal & General Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.42 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)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
St. James's Place
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

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£47.90B0.31£319.08M£5.4246.67
St. James's Place£26.27B0.25-£6.46M-£1.19-1,026.31

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

Legal & General Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 268.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.14%. St. James's Place has a consensus target price of GBX 1,170, indicating a potential downside of 4.45%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than St. James's Place.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Legal & General Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
St. James's Place
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Legal & General Group beats St. James's Place on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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£6.62B£1.25B£6.16B£3.00B
Dividend Yield1.27%4.39%4.21%5.02%
P/E Ratio-1,026.3122.0713.26150.88
Price / Sales0.252,369.191,742.84314,545.52
Price / Cash0.8260.81128.0727.97
Price / Book6.131.221.914.59
Net Income-£6.46M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance4.79%14.33%11.16%11.51%
1 Month Performance11.12%2.42%6.85%7.90%
1 Year Performance117.14%5.73%17.26%32.03%

St. James's Place Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STJ
St. James's Place
0.9628 of 5 stars
GBX 1,224.50
-0.1%
GBX 1,170
-4.5%
+115.6%£6.62B£26.27B-1,026.312,298Analyst Forecast
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.3712 of 5 stars
GBX 249.30
-0.3%
GBX 268.33
+7.6%
+8.4%£14.61B£47.90B46.0211,956
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
1.0876 of 5 stars
GBX 1,036
+0.4%
N/A+15.3%£12.67B£1.26B10.63N/A
PSH
Pershing Square
N/AGBX 4,119.76
-0.3%
N/A-1.3%£9.42B£3.57B4.32N/ANews Coverage
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
0.486 of 5 stars
GBX 255.73
0.0%
GBX 223.33
-12.7%
+22.3%£6.09B£9.02B36.476,101
SDR
Schroders
1.5109 of 5 stars
GBX 378.40
+2.8%
GBX 396.25
+4.7%
-1.0%£5.87B£2.78B16.536,438News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,119.93
+0.4%
N/A+10.5%£5.41B£981.19M5.80N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
2.0333 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 684
+∞
N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 368.47
+0.5%
N/A-89.1%£4.34B£1.24B3.62120News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report

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