Legal & General Group Plc Share Price and Company Fundamentals
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Legal & General Group Plc provides various insurance products and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), Legal & General Capital (LGC), and Retail Retirement. The LGRI segment offers annuity contracts with guaranteed income for a specified time; and longevity insurance products. The LGIM segment offers index fund management; active fixed income funds and liquidity funds; active equity management; solution and liability driven investment; multi-asset funds; corporate pension scheme solutions; and real assets. The LGC segment provides investment strategy and implementation, and direct investment and structuring services. The LGI segment offers protection products, such as health, disability, critical illness, and accident; individual term assurance; reinsurance; savings and death benefits; annuities; lifetime mortgages; lifetime care plans; retirement interest only mortgages; and workplace savings scheme that provides corporate pension scheme solutions. It is also involved in the unit trust and institutional fund management, mortgage finance, treasury, building project and modular housing development, general insurance, and open-ended investment businesses. In addition, the company engages in the investment, operation, management, trading, and letting and operation of leased real estate; and construction of commercial buildings, financial intermediation, pension tracing and transfer, insurance agents and brokers, fund general partner, commercial lending, venture capital investing, contractual scheme, investor alternative investment fund, collective asset-management, and investment management activities; and provision of investment advisory, business information consultancy, and technology services. Legal & General Group Plc was founded in 1836 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Key Metrics
PE ratio
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PB ratio
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Dividend yield
0.08%
Beta
1.39
Market cap
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Enterprise value
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Company profile
| Industry / Sector | Asset Management / Financial Services |
|---|---|
| Full time employees | 11498 |
| Website | https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com |
| Mailing address | One Coleman Street London EC2R 5AA United Kingdom |
| Phone / Fax | 44 20 3124 2000 / 44 20 3124 2500 |
Dividends
Dividend yield
0.08%
Dividend amount
£0.19
Payout ratio
51.27%
5Y Avg. yield
6.82%
Legal & General Group Plc paid £0.19 dividend and the ex-dividend date was 27 Apr 2023.The dividend payout ratio is 51.27%. The dividend payout ratio is defined as the amout of dividend paid divided by the earnings of the company.LGEN dividend payout ratio is less than 70. This is ideal as it gives company room to grow the dividends and also the excess earnings can be invested in company for growth.
LGEN's forward dividend amount is £0.19 and the forward dividend yield is 8.46%. A forward dividend yield is the percentage of a company's current stock price that it expects to pay out as dividends over a certain time period, generally 12 months. Forward dividend yields are generally used in circumstances where the yield is predictable based on past instances. If not, trailing yields, which indicate the same value over the previous 12 months, are used.
Company Executives
As of Mar 2023, following are the company executives and directors listed on Legal & General Group Plc.
| Name | Title | Age | Total Pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Nigel David Wilson | Group CEO & Exec. Director | 66 | 2.61M |
| Mr. Stuart Jeffrey Davies | CFO & Exec. Director | 51 | 1.6M |
| Mr. Edward Luke Houghton | Head Investor Relations | ||
| Mr. Geoffrey J. Timms | Group Gen. Counsel & Company Sec. | ||
| Ted Hart | Head of Public Affairs & Policy | ||
| Ms. Emma Hardaker-Jones | Group HR Director | ||
| Ms. Katrina Helen Jean McMillan | Head of Transition Project Management - LGIM | ||
| Mr. Robert James Barnard-Smith | Head of UK Credit - LGIM | ||
| Ms. Debbie Matthews | Head of LGIM Product Devel. - Chief Operations Office | ||
| Mr. Andrew David Fairhurst | Head of Secretariat |
Profitability and management effectiveness
Profit margin
0.00%
Operating margin
-27.73%
Return on assets
0.34%
Return on equity
19.84%
Profitability ratios are a class of financial metrics that are used to assess a business's ability to generate earnings relative to its revenue, operating costs, balance sheet assets, and shareholders' equity over time, using data from a specific point in time.
The return on equity signifies how well the management is running the company in terms of capital management. The ideal return on equity is greater than 10%. The return on equity is calculated as net income divided by total share holders equity.
Valuation and Trading Info
The market capitalization of Legal & General Group Plc is and its enterprise value is .
The LGEN's stocks Beta value is 1.39 making it 39% more volatile compared to LSE market index. Technology stocks and small caps tend to have higher betas than the market benchmark. This indicates that adding the stock to a portfolio will increase the portfolio’s risk, but also increase its expected return. On the other hand utility stocks often have low betas because they tend to move more slowly than market averages.
Legal & General Group Plc (LSE:LGEN) Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is Legal & General Group Plc's Stock Symbol?
Legal & General Group Plc trades on LSE under the ticker symbol "LGEN".
2. What is Legal & General Group Plc's stock price today?
One share of LGEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately £230.7.
3. How can I contact Legal & General Group Plc?
Legal & General Group Plc's mailing address is One Coleman Street London EC2R 5AA United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at 44 20 3124 2000.
4. What is Legal & General Group Plc's official website?
The official website of Legal & General Group Plc is https://www.legalandgeneralgroup.com.