Legal & General Group (LGEN)

Sector:

Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

240.90p
   
  • Change Today:
      1.20p
  • 52 Week High: 265.80
  • 52 Week Low: 205.80
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 5,979m
  • Volume: 13,240,000
  • Market Cap: £14,404m
  • RiskGrade: 166
  • Beta: 1.51

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 8.0% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.0 1.0
Op Mrgn 22.1% 13.2%
ROCE 32.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 6.3 12.2
PEG 0.5 n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.1 1.0
Pr/Book 1.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 32.0% 5.6%
PBT 3.7% -30.0%
EPS 12.1% -48.7%
DPS 5.0% 5.0%

Legal and General Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
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 13,691.00 2,730.00 38.33p 6.5 0.5 +12% 19.37p 7.8%

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-23 14,456.91 1,911.02 19.68p 12.2 n/a -49% 20.33p 0.0%
31-Dec-24 15,678.66 2,068.24 26.54p 9.1 0.3 +35% 21.36p 0.0%
31-Dec-25 17,534.50 2,194.34 27.60p 8.7 2.2 +4% 22.50p 0.0%

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Legal and General Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 04-Dec-2023 17:00 RNS
Total Voting Rights 01-Dec-2023 17:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 01-Dec-2023 17:00 RNS

Legal and General ShareCast News

Deutsche Bank upgrades UK insurers but downgrade... 29-Nov-2023 ShareCast
London close: Stocks mixed on quiet Friday 24-Nov-2023 ShareCast
Legal & General agrees full buy-in of Boots pens... 24-Nov-2023 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
01-Dec-23 Buy Jeff Davies 227.00p 86 £195.22
01-Dec-23 Buy Nigel Wilson 227.00p 86 £195.22
01-Dec-23 Buy Ric Lewis 228.30p 1,456 £3,324.05

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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 240.90p
Change Today 1.20p
% Change 0.50 %
52 Week High 265.80
52 Week Low 205.80
Volume 13,240,000
Shares Issued 5,979m
Market Cap £14,404m
Beta 1.51
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
48.86% above the market average48.86% above the market average48.86% above the market average48.86% above the market average48.86% above the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Price Trend
17.16% above the market average17.16% above the market average17.16% above the market average17.16% above the market average17.16% above the market average
50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average50% below the sector average
Income
95.99% above the market average95.99% above the market average95.99% above the market average95.99% above the market average95.99% above the market average
Sector averageSector averageSector averageSector averageSector average
Growth
17.52% below the market average17.52% below the market average17.52% below the market average17.52% below the market average17.52% below the market average
66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 6
Neutral 7
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0
Total 15
neutral
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Legal and General Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 24-Aug-23 27-Apr-23
Paid 26-Sep-23 05-Jun-23
Amount 5.71p 13.93p

Trades for 08-Dec-2023

Time Volume / Share Price
16:45 274 @ 241.00p
16:45 6,000 @ 241.00p
16:35 894 @ 240.90p
16:35 869 @ 240.90p
16:35 2,873,537 @ 240.90p

Legal and General Key Personnel

Chair John Kingman
CFO Jeff Davies

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