Key Points
- Several senior insiders—including Mark Jordy (1,006 shares), Chair John Kingman (628), Andrew Kail (85 shares on Jan 2 and 91 on Dec 1), Ric Lewis and Laura Wade‑Gery—made modest purchases around Jan 2, signaling clustered insider buying and potential management confidence.
- Offsetting those buys, executive António Simões sold a large block of 47,433 shares on Dec 31 at ~GBX 262 (≈£124k), a significant insider sale that could temper investor enthusiasm.
- The stock is trading near its 12‑month high (~GBX 266) with 50/200‑day SMAs around GBX 247, but valuation looks rich (P/E ~59.5) and analysts hold a consensus Hold with an average target of GBX 257.25.
Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN - Get Free Report) insider Andrew Kail bought 85 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 2nd. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 264 per share, for a total transaction of £224.40.
Andrew Kail also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, December 1st, Andrew Kail purchased 91 shares of Legal & General Group stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 245 per share, with a total value of £222.95.
Legal & General Group Price Performance
Shares of LON:LGEN opened at GBX 265.50 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.50, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 155.18. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 247.56 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 247.50. Legal & General Group Plc has a 1-year low of GBX 206.80 and a 1-year high of GBX 266.20. The stock has a market cap of £14.95 billion, a PE ratio of 59.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 1.31.
Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, December 15th. The financial services provider reported GBX 2.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Legal & General Group had a net margin of 0.67% and a return on equity of 7.79%. As a group, analysts forecast that Legal & General Group Plc will post 24.2376446 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of Legal & General Group from GBX 200 to GBX 210 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Peel Hunt reaffirmed an "add" rating and set a GBX 255 price target on shares of Legal & General Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Berenberg Bank upped their price objective on Legal & General Group from GBX 265 to GBX 289 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Legal & General Group has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 257.25.
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About Legal & General Group
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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 Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), Legal & General Capital (LGC), and Retail segments. 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.
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