Head-To-Head Survey: Legal & General Group (OTCMKTS:LGGNY) versus Prudential Public (NYSE:PUK)

Legal & General Group (OTCMKTS:LGGNY) and Prudential Public (NYSE:PUK) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Legal & General Group and Prudential Public, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Legal & General Group	1	3	0	0	1.75
Prudential Public	0	0	5	0	3.00

Risk & Volatility

Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential Public has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Prudential Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential Public shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Legal & General Group and Prudential Public”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Legal & General Group	$13.51 billion	1.34	$244.08 million	N/A	N/A
Prudential Public	$16.66 billion	2.04	$2.29 billion	$2.32	11.38

Prudential Public has higher revenue and earnings than Legal & General Group.

Profitability

This table compares Legal & General Group and Prudential Public’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Legal & General Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Prudential Public	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Prudential Public pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Prudential Public pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Prudential Public beats Legal & General Group on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Legal & General Group

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. The LGC segment provides investment strategy and implementation, and direct investment and structuring services. The Retail 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.

About Prudential Public

Prudential plc, through its subsidiaries, provides life and health insurance, and asset management solutions to individuals in Asia and Africa. The company was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.