Legal & General Group (LGGNY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Legal & General Group plc is a United Kingdom-based financial services company that provides insurance, retirement, investment management and capital solutions. Its businesses serve individual customers, employers, pension schemes, institutional investors and other organizations.

The company’s principal activities include workplace and individual pensions, retirement income products such as annuities, life insurance and protection products, and investment management through Legal & General Investment Management. It also invests in and provides financing for areas such as housing, infrastructure and other long-term real assets.

Founded in 1836, Legal & General has developed from a life insurance provider into a diversified financial services group. It is headquartered in London and primarily serves customers and institutions in the United Kingdom, with additional operations and investments in selected international markets, including the United States. António Simões became the group’s chief executive officer in 2024.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $19.58 to $19.82
• 50-Day Range: $19.17 to $21.59
• 52-Week Range: $15.25 to $21.60
• Volume: 63,773 shs
• Average Volume: 67,177 shs
• Market Capitalization: $21.50 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.90%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Strong Sell

Legal & General Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Legal & General Group scored higher than 25% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Strong Sell

Consensus Rating

Legal & General Group has received a consensus rating of Strong Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.20, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 4 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Legal & General Group has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.74%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Legal & General Group are expected to grow by 9.74% in the coming year, from $1.54 to $1.69 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Legal & General Group has a P/B Ratio of 7.37. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.02% of the float of Legal & General Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Legal & General Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.39, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Legal & General Group has recently increased by 65.93%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Legal & General Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.02%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Legal & General Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Legal & General Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.56% next year. This indicates that Legal & General Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.16

News Sentiment

Legal & General Group has a news sentiment score of -0.16. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Legal & General Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Legal & General Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.01% of the stock of Legal & General Group is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Today: 10/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:LGGNY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.legalandgeneralgroup.com
• Phone: 442031242000
• Fax: 44-20-3124-2500
• Employees: 11,139
• Year Founded: 1836

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.88
• Current Ratio: 3.25
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.16 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.77
• Cash Flow: $1.40 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.08
• Book Value: $2.68 per share
• Price / Book: 7.37

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,089,162,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $21.50 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.94