LRE vs. JUST, BEZ, JTC, QLT, BOCH, RAT, BNKR, PAG, OSB, and BHMG
Should you be buying Lancashire stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lancashire include Just Group (JUST), Beazley (BEZ), JTC (JTC), Quilter (QLT), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Rathbones Group (RAT), Bankers (BNKR), Paragon Banking Group (PAG), OSB Group (OSB), and BH Macro (BHMG). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Just Group (LON:JUST) and Lancashire (LON:LRE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
Lancashire has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Just Group. Lancashire is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Just Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lancashire has a net margin of 26.70% compared to Lancashire's net margin of 4.10%. Just Group's return on equity of 22.69% beat Lancashire's return on equity.
Just Group has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lancashire has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lancashire received 9 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.24% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 44.37% of users gave Lancashire an outperform vote.
Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Lancashire pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Just Group pays out 1,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lancashire pays out 1,523.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lancashire is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Just Group had 30 more articles in the media than Lancashire. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Just Group and 0 mentions for Lancashire. Just Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Lancashire's score of 0.00 indicating that Lancashire is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Just Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 141.67, indicating a potential upside of 37.54%. Lancashire has a consensus price target of GBX 768, indicating a potential upside of 31.06%. Given Lancashire's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Just Group is more favorable than Lancashire.
73.9% of Just Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of Lancashire shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Just Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Lancashire shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Just Group and Lancashire tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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