Legal & General Group (LGEN)

Sector:

Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

217.10p
   
  • Change Today:
    -3.70p
  • 52 Week High: 256.30
  • 52 Week Low: 214.80
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 5,896m
  • Volume: 42,879,747
  • Market Cap: £12,800m
  • RiskGrade: 166

Legal and General Overview

Legal & General Group Plc is a United Kingdom-based financial services provider. The Company’s segments include Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI), Legal & General Capital (LGC), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), Insurance, and Retail Retirement. LGRI segment represents worldwide pension risk transfer business including longevity insurance. LGC segment represents shareholder assets invested in direct investments primarily in the areas of specialist commercial real estate, clean energy, housing, and small and medium enterprises (SME) finance, as well as traded and treasury assets.

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Legal and General Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 9.4% 0.0%
Div Cover 0.4 0.9
Op Mrgn 5.6% 11.9%
ROCE n/a  
Latest F'cast
P/E 29.5 11.4
PEG n/a 0.1
Pr/Revenue 1.3 0.9
Pr/Book 2.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 10.8% 57.6%
PBT -79.2% 822.5%
EPS -42.8% 164.1%
DPS 5.0% 4.8%

Legal and General Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-19 15,203.00 2,156.00 30.53p 9.9 5.0 +2% 17.57p 5.8%
31-Dec-20 12,545.00 1,499.00 22.11p 12.0 n/a -28% 17.57p 6.6%
31-Dec-21 10,375.00 2,632.00 34.19p 8.7 0.2 +55% 18.45p 6.2%
31-Dec-22 8,683.00 939.00 12.84p 19.4 n/a -62% 19.37p 7.8%
31-Dec-23 9,624.00 195.00 7.35p 34.2 n/a -43% 20.34p 8.1%

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-24 15,171.73 1,798.93 19.41p 11.2 0.1 +164% 21.32p 0.0%
31-Dec-25 15,603.90 1,903.15 24.14p 9.0 0.4 +24% 21.83p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 16,055.03 1,989.85 26.22p 8.3 1.0 +9% 22.36p 0.0%

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Legal and General Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 31-Oct-2024 18:29 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 23-Oct-2024 18:30 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 03-Oct-2024 18:15 RNS

Legal and General ShareCast News

L&G appoints new head of asset management 24-Sep-2024 ShareCast
London close: Stocks slip ahead of much-awaited ... 18-Sep-2024 ShareCast
Goldman Sachs downgrades Hiscox, upgrades Lancas... 18-Sep-2024 ShareCast

Legal and General Top Newspaper Links

Legal & General takes stake in US property inves... 25-Oct-2024 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

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

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 217.10p
Change Today -3.70p
% Change -1.68 %
52 Week High 256.30
52 Week Low 214.80
Volume 42,879,747
Shares Issued 5,896m
Market Cap £12,800m
RiskGrade 166

Legal and General Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
86.12% above the market average86.12% above the market average86.12% above the market average86.12% above the market average86.12% above the market average
14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average
Price Trend
22.47% below the market average22.47% below the market average22.47% below the market average22.47% below the market average22.47% below the market average
75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average75% below the sector average
Income
90.09% above the market average90.09% above the market average90.09% above the market average90.09% above the market average90.09% above the market average
14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average14.29% above the sector average
Growth
97.58% below the market average97.58% below the market average97.58% below the market average97.58% below the market average97.58% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 5
Neutral 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 15
buy
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Legal and General Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 22-Aug-24 25-Apr-24
Paid 27-Sep-24 06-Jun-24
Amount 6.00p 14.63p

Trades for 31-Oct-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 3,000,000 @ 218.40p
17:30 751,092 @ 217.10p
17:30 71,778 @ 217.25p
16:42 900,000 @ 217.50p
16:35 36,106 @ 217.10p

Legal and General Key Personnel

Chair John Kingman
CFO Jeff Davies

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