Legal & General Group (LGEN)

Sector:

Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

221.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      2.10p
  • 52 Week High: 318.40
  • 52 Week Low: 138.60
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 5,966m
  • Volume: 8,541,330
  • Market Cap: £13,216m
  • RiskGrade: 325

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 7.9% 8.1%
Div Cover 1.7 1.6
Op Mrgn 16.0% 18.3%
ROCE 15.1%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 7.3 7.4
PEG 4.7 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.9 1.2
Pr/Book 1.4  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 18.4% -25.5%
PBT 1.3% -4.0%
EPS 1.5% -2.3%
DPS 7.0% 3.0%

Legal and General Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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 12,843.00 2,129.00 30.07p 7.7 n/a -2% 16.42p 7.1%
31-Dec-19 15,203.00 2,156.00 30.53p 9.9 5.0 +2% 17.57p 5.8%

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-20 11,326.29 2,069.46 29.83p 7.4 n/a -2% 18.10p 8.1%
31-Dec-21 13,788.83 2,026.66 29.86p 7.4 69.0 0% 19.06p 8.5%

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Legal and General Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 03-Jul-2020 17:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 02-Jul-2020 17:30 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 02-Jul-2020 17:30 RNS

Legal and General ShareCast News

L&G to issue debt in favourable bond market 16-Jun-2020 ShareCast
Thursday broker round-up 07-May-2020 ShareCast
L&G to tap debt market after strong quarter 24-Apr-2020 ShareCast

Legal and General Top Newspaper Links

Borrow big and spend, L&G chief Nigel Wilson tel... 29-Jun-2020 Times
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

Latest Legal and General Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
01-Jul-20 Buy Jeff Davies 218.50p 90 £196.65
01-Jul-20 Buy Kerrigan Procter 218.50p 90 £196.65
01-Jul-20 Buy Nigel Wilson 218.50p 90 £196.65

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Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Legal and General Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 221.50p
Change Today 2.10p
% Change 0.96 %
52 Week High 318.40
52 Week Low 138.60
Volume 8,541,330
Shares Issued 5,966m
Market Cap £13,216m
RiskGrade 325

Legal and General Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
63.58% above the market average63.58% above the market average63.58% above the market average63.58% above the market average63.58% 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
Price Trend
23.05% below the market average23.05% below the market average23.05% below the market average23.05% below the market average23.05% below the market average
11.11% below the sector average11.11% below the sector average11.11% below the sector average11.11% below the sector average11.11% below the sector average
Income
97.56% above the market average97.56% above the market average97.56% above the market average97.56% above the market average97.56% above the market average
25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average
Growth
32.34% above the market average32.34% above the market average32.34% above the market average32.34% above the market average32.34% above the market average
25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average25.00% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 7
Buy 0
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 4
Total 18
neutral
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Legal and General Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 23-Apr-20 15-Aug-19
Paid 04-Jun-20 26-Sep-19
Amount 12.64p 4.93p

Trades for 06-Jul-2020

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 2,590,028 @ 221.50p
16:29 498 @ 222.40p
16:29 313 @ 222.40p
16:29 115 @ 222.40p
16:29 35 @ 222.50p

Legal and General Key Personnel

Chair John Kingman
CFO Jeff Davies
CEO Michelle Scrimgeour

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