Legal & General Group (LGEN)

Sector:

Insurance

Index:

FTSE 100

287.70p
   
  • Change Today:
    -5.70p
  • 52 Week High: 316.40
  • 52 Week Low: 233.70
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 5,480m
  • Volume: 10,559,997
  • Market Cap: £15,767m
  • RiskGrade: 166

Legal and General Overview

Legal & General Group Plc is a United Kingdom-based financial services provider. The Company’s segments include Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI), Legal & General Capital (LGC), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), Insurance, and Retail Retirement. LGRI segment represents worldwide pension risk transfer business including longevity insurance. LGC segment represents shareholder assets invested in direct investments primarily in the areas of specialist commercial real estate, clean energy, housing, and small and medium enterprises (SME) finance, as well as traded and treasury assets.

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Legal and General Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 7.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 38.1 1.2
Op Mrgn 8.9% 15.6%
ROCE 11.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 0.4 11.1
PEG 0.0 0.6
Pr/Revenue 1.8 1.2
Pr/Book 7.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 8.0% 25.4%
PBT 83.9% 118.8%
EPS 366.9% -96.8%
DPS 2.0% 1.7%

Legal and General Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-21 10,375.00 2,632.00 34.19p 8.7 0.2 +55% 18.45p 6.2%
31-Dec-22 8,683.00 939.00 12.84p 19.4 n/a -62% 19.37p 7.8%
31-Dec-23 9,624.00 195.00 7.35p 34.2 n/a -43% 20.34p 8.1%
31-Dec-24 8,542.00 448.00 178.00p 1.3 0.0 +2,322% 21.36p 9.3%
31-Dec-25 9,222.00 824.00 831.00p 0.3 0.0 +367% 21.79p 8.3%

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-26 11,567.36 1,803.32 26.72p 11.0 n/a -97% 22.16p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 12,069.13 1,802.76 24.54p 12.0 n/a -8% 22.50p 0.0%

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Legal and General Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 07-Sep-2026 18:15 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 02-Sep-2026 18:15 RNS
Total Voting Rights 01-Sep-2026 18:15 RNS

Legal and General ShareCast News

JPMorgan upgrades Aviva, downgrades L&G and M&G 13-Aug-2026 ShareCast
Citi downgrades Legal & General to 'sell' 10-Aug-2026 ShareCast
L&G posts jump in H1 profit, hails strong asset ... 05-Aug-2026 ShareCast

Legal and General Top Newspaper Links

Legal & General beats City forecasts as pension ... 05-Aug-2026 Times
L&G shares fall sharply despite £1.2bn buyback 11-Mar-2026 Times
Legal & General CEO: UK economy needs ‘radical’ ... 12-Nov-2014 Telegraph

Latest Legal and General Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
01-Sep-26 Buy Andrew Kail 289.00p 77 £222.53
01-Sep-26 Buy Mark Jordy 289.60p 3,651 £10,573.30
03-Aug-26 Buy Andrew Kail 302.00p 73 £220.46

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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 287.70p
Change Today -5.70p
% Change -1.94 %
52 Week High 316.40
52 Week Low 233.70
Volume 10,559,997
Shares Issued 5,480m
Market Cap £15,767m
RiskGrade 166

Legal and General Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
76.46% above the market average76.46% above the market average76.46% above the market average76.46% above the market average76.46% above the market average
14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average
Price Trend
51.83% above the market average51.83% above the market average51.83% above the market average51.83% above the market average51.83% above the market average
25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average25% below the sector average
Income
84.36% above the market average84.36% above the market average84.36% above the market average84.36% above the market average84.36% above the market average
42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average42.86% above the sector average
Growth
32.49% below the market average32.49% below the market average32.49% below the market average32.49% below the market average32.49% below the market average
71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average71.43% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 2
Buy 2
Neutral 0
Sell 5
Strong Sell 4
Total 13
sell
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Legal and General Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 20-Aug-26 23-Apr-26
Paid 25-Sep-26 04-Jun-26
Amount 6.24p 15.67p

Trades for 09-Sep-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:50 800,000 @ 289.13p
16:48 2,980 @ 290.10p
16:48 5,000 @ 287.80p
16:47 76,282 @ 288.71p
16:37 150,000 @ 287.87p

Legal and General Key Personnel

Chair Scott Wheway

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