Legal & General Group (LGEN)

Sector:

Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

299.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -14.40p
  • 52 Week High: 318.40
  • 52 Week Low: 216.70
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 5,965m
  • Volume: 5,142,865
  • Market Cap: £17,866m
  • RiskGrade: 109

Legal and General Overview

Long established life insurance group and one of the pioneers of low cost tracker funds. The company has more than 5.4m customers and employs over 8,800 staff and owns operations in the US, France, the Netherlands and Germany as well as its main UK business.

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Legal and General Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.2% 5.6%
Div Cover 1.8 1.8
Op Mrgn 17.7% 20.3%
ROCE 15.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 10.6 10.1
PEG n/a 2.0
Pr/Revenue 1.4 1.7
Pr/Book 2.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 67.1% -17.2%
PBT 2.0% 5.9%
EPS -2.6% 4.9%
DPS 7.0% 6.9%

Legal and General Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-14 10,168.00 1,413.00 16.70p 14.9 1.5 +10% 11.25p 4.5%
31-Dec-15 6,321.00 1,414.00 18.58p 14.4 1.3 +11% 13.40p 5.0%
31-Dec-16 10,252.00 1,517.00 19.68p 12.6 2.1 +6% 14.35p 5.8%
31-Dec-17 7,932.00 2,061.00 30.52p 9.0 0.2 +55% 15.35p 5.6%
31-Dec-18 13,253.00 2,102.00 29.72p 7.8 n/a -3% 16.42p 7.1%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Legal and General Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-19 10,976.14 2,225.00 31.19p 10.1 2.0 +5% 17.55p 5.6%
31-Dec-20 11,451.84 2,429.41 33.52p 9.4 1.3 +8% 18.69p 6.0%
31-Dec-21 12,295.91 2,286.47 32.83p 9.6 n/a -2% 19.84p 6.3%

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Legal and General Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 18-Feb-2020 12:12 RNS
Standard form for notification of major holdings 10-Feb-2020 11:51 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 10-Feb-2020 07:00 RNS

Legal and General ShareCast News

Monday broker round-up 10-Feb-2020 ShareCast
Legal & General announces debt issuance 19-Nov-2019 ShareCast
Tate & Lyle agrees ?930m pension de-risking deal... 19-Sep-2019 ShareCast

Legal and General Top Newspaper Links

Legal & General CEO: UK economy needs ‘radical’ ... 12-Nov-2014 Telegraph
Legal & General's £127m purchase is largest in c... 05-Nov-2014 The Herald
LEGAL & GENERAL BOSS: We do not need a mansion t... 04-Nov-2014 Daily Mail

Latest Legal and General Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
03-Feb-20 Buy Jeff Davies 304.10p 64 £194.62
03-Feb-20 Buy Kerrigan Procter 304.10p 64 £194.62
03-Feb-20 Buy Nigel Wilson 304.10p 64 £194.62

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Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Legal and General Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 299.50p
Change Today -14.40p
% Change -4.59 %
52 Week High 318.40
52 Week Low 216.70
Volume 5,142,865
Shares Issued 5,965m
Market Cap £17,866m
RiskGrade 109

Legal and General Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Price Trend
70.33% above the market average70.33% above the market average70.33% above the market average70.33% above the market average70.33% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Income
82.28% above the market average82.28% above the market average82.28% above the market average82.28% above the market average82.28% above the market average
25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average
Growth
61.46% above the market average61.46% above the market average61.46% above the market average61.46% above the market average61.46% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 0
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 3
Total 16
neutral
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Legal and General Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 15-Aug-19 25-Apr-19
Paid 26-Sep-19 06-Jun-19
Amount 4.93p 11.82p

Trades for 24-Feb-2020

Time Volume / Share Price
11:12 1,952 @ 299.50p
11:12 327 @ 299.50p
11:12 733 @ 299.50p
11:12 4,500 @ 299.40p
11:12 693 @ 299.50p

Legal and General Key Personnel

Chair John Kingman
CFO Jeff Davies
CEO Michelle Scrimgeour

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