Legal & General Group (LGEN)

Sector:

Life Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

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110.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      1.10p
  • 52 Week High: 135.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 89.80p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 5,874m
  • Volume: 16,621,076
  • Market Cap: £6,490m
  • RiskGrade: 143
  • Beta: 1.46

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.

1 Day Chart (16-05-2012)

6 Month Chart

Legal and General Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.8% 6.4%
Div Cover 1.9 1.9
Op Mrgn 16.5% 20.4%
ROCE 12.4%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 8.9 7.9
PEG n/a 0.6
Pr/Revenue 1.1 1.2
Pr/Book 1.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 6.9% -3.0%
PBT -40.5% 45.6%
EPS -11.4% 12.5%
DPS 34.7% 12.9%

Legal and General Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 4,793.00 795.00 11.24p 11.6 n/a -53% 5.97p 4.6%
31-Dec-08 5,895.00 (2,153.00) (17.88)p n/a n/a n/a 4.06p 5.3%
31-Dec-09 5,275.00 1,239.00 14.82p 5.4 n/a n/a 3.84p 4.8%
31-Dec-10 5,348.00 1,307.00 14.07p 6.9 n/a -5% 4.75p 4.9%
31-Dec-11 5,719.00 778.00 12.46p 8.3 n/a -11% 6.40p 6.2%

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-12 5,545.03 1,132.44 14.01p 7.9 0.6 +12% 7.23p 6.4%
31-Dec-13 5,782.11 1,215.38 15.37p 7.2 0.7 +10% 7.97p 7.0%

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Legal and General Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 16-May-2012 18:21 RNS
Result of AGM 16-May-2012 16:30 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 15-May-2012 10:13 RNS

Legal and General ShareCast News

London close: US jobless data sparks late rally 10-May-2012 ShareCast
London midday: Euro concerns weigh on stock, BoE... 10-May-2012 ShareCast
London open: Stocks rise as euro concerns ease 10-May-2012 ShareCast

Legal and General Top Newspaper Links

Row over 'fat cat' pay erupts again as Legal & G... 11-May-2012 Daily Mail
James Murdoch faces growing list of rebels 29-Nov-2011 Guardian
LEGAL & GENERAL BEATS ITS TARGETS 02-Nov-2011 Express & Star

Latest Legal and General Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
08-May-12 Sell Mark Gregory 111.33p 21,444 £23,872.53
08-May-12 Sell Tim J Breedon 111.33p 1,984,536 £2,209,284.74
08-May-12 Exercise of option Tim J Breedon 0.000p 1,984,536 £0.00

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

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 110.50p
Change Today 1.10p
% Change 1.01 %
52 Week High 135.00p
52 Week Low 89.80p
Volume 16,621,076
Shares Issued 5,874m
Market Cap £6,490m
Beta 1.46
RiskGrade 143

Legal and General Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
77.93% above the market average77.93% above the market average77.93% above the market average77.93% above the market average77.93% above the market average
20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average
Price Trend
58.13% above the market average58.13% above the market average58.13% above the market average58.13% above the market average58.13% above the market average
83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average83.33% above the sector average
Income Not Available
Growth
79.42% below the market average79.42% below the market average79.42% below the market average79.42% below the market average79.42% below the market average
27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 7
Buy 3
Neutral 10
Sell 0
Strong Sell 2
Total 22
buy
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Legal and General Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 18-Apr-12 07-Sep-11
Paid 23-May-12 03-Oct-11
Amount 4.74p 1.66p

Trades for 16-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:51 185,100 @ 110.47p
16:46 10,162 @ 110.40p
16:46 1,921 @ 110.40p
16:46 2,786 @ 110.30p
16:46 2,079 @ 110.40p

Legal and General Key Personnel

CEO Tim J Breedon

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