BEZ vs. JUST, LGEN, AV, SMT, AIBG, ADM, PSH, SDR, ICP, and FCIT
Should you be buying Beazley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beazley include Just Group (JUST), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), AIB Group (AIBG), Admiral Group (ADM), Pershing Square (PSH), Schroders (SDR), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), and F&C Investment Trust (FCIT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Just Group (LON:JUST) and Beazley (LON:BEZ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Beazley pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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. Beazley pays out 1,176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Beazley is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
76.1% of Just Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Beazley shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Just Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Beazley shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Beazley received 362 more outperform votes than Just Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.24% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 63.87% of users gave Beazley an outperform vote.
Beazley has higher revenue and earnings than Just Group. Beazley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Just Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Just Group had 24 more articles in the media than Beazley. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Just Group and 4 mentions for Beazley. Just Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Beazley's score of -0.11 indicating that Beazley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Just Group has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beazley has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Beazley has a net margin of 20.14% compared to Beazley's net margin of 4.10%. Just Group's return on equity of 30.04% beat Beazley's return on equity.
Just Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 141.67, suggesting a potential upside of 36.74%. Beazley has a consensus target price of GBX 929, suggesting a potential upside of 34.64%. Given Beazley's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Just Group is more favorable than Beazley.
Summary
Beazley beats Just Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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