Legal & General Group (LGEN)

Sector:

Life Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

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185.60p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.80p
  • 52 Week High: 187.52
  • 52 Week Low: 106.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 5,914m
  • Volume: 6,609,732
  • Market Cap: £10,977m
  • RiskGrade: 99
  • Beta: 1.16

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 (20-05-2013)

6 Month Chart

Legal and General Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.1% 4.5%
Div Cover 1.8 1.8
Op Mrgn 24.3% 20.1%
ROCE 12.1%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 13.4 12.2
PEG 1.1 1.3
Pr/Revenue 1.9 1.8
Pr/Book 2.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.9% 5.6%
PBT 56.1% -0.5%
EPS 11.9% 9.3%
DPS 19.5% 10.8%

Legal and General Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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 5,719.00 775.00 12.42p 8.3 n/a -12% 6.40p 6.2%
31-Dec-12 5,668.00 1,210.00 13.90p 10.5 0.9 +12% 7.65p 5.3%

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-13 5,985.87 1,203.77 15.19p 12.2 1.3 +9% 8.48p 4.5%
31-Dec-14 4,514.52 1,263.12 16.19p 11.5 1.7 +7% 9.33p 5.0%

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Legal and General Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 17-May-2013 15:15 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 17-May-2013 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 14-May-2013 13:12 RNS

Legal and General ShareCast News

London close: Stocks gain after ECB rate cut, US... 02-May-2013 ShareCast
London midday: Markets subdued as eyes turn to ECB 02-May-2013 ShareCast
Broker tips: Lloyds, Legal & General, Sainsbury 02-May-2013 ShareCast

Legal and General Motley Fool Analysis & Commentary

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Legal & General Group Plc: Up 50% And Still... 10-May-2013 Motley Fool
Legal & General Group Plc Delivers 28% Firs... 02-May-2013 Motley Fool

Legal and General Top Newspaper Links

James Murdoch faces growing list of rebels 29-Nov-2011 Guardian
LEGAL & GENERAL BEATS ITS TARGETS 02-Nov-2011 Express & Star
Savers help Legal & General to smash full-year t... 02-Nov-2011 The Independent

Latest Legal and General Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
10-May-13 Sell John Pollock 18,075.00p 440,539 £79,627,424.25
10-May-13 Transfer From John Pollock 0.000p 937,316 £0.00
01-May-13 Buy Nigel Wilson 170.30p 115 £195.84

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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 185.60p
Change Today -0.80p
% Change -0.43 %
52 Week High 187.52
52 Week Low 106.00
Volume 6,609,732
Shares Issued 5,914m
Market Cap £10,977m
Beta 1.16
RiskGrade 99

Legal and General Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
24.75% above the market average24.75% above the market average24.75% above the market average24.75% above the market average24.75% above 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
Price Trend
81.58% above the market average81.58% above the market average81.58% above the market average81.58% above the market average81.58% above the market average
33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average
Income
77.29% above the market average77.29% above the market average77.29% above the market average77.29% above the market average77.29% above the market average
9.09% above the sector average9.09% above the sector average9.09% above the sector average9.09% above the sector average9.09% above the sector average
Growth
38.02% below the market average38.02% below the market average38.02% below the market average38.02% below the market average38.02% below the market average
9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 8
Buy 2
Neutral 10
Sell 0
Strong Sell 3
Total 23
buy
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Legal and General Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 24-Apr-13 29-Aug-12
Paid 29-May-13 01-Oct-12
Amount 5.69p 1.96p

Trades for 20-May-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
16:51 78,858 @ 185.60p
16:40 11,350 @ 185.60p
16:39 5,392 @ 185.60p
16:35 2,354,627 @ 185.60p
16:29 63 @ 185.40p

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