We would love to hear your thoughts about our site and services, please take our survey here.

Less Ads, More Data, More Tools Register for FREE

Pin to quick picksLegal & General Share News (LGEN)

Share Price Information for Legal & General (LGEN)

London Stock Exchange
Share Price is delayed by 15 minutes
Get Live Data
Share Price: 235.80
Bid: 235.80
Ask: 235.90
Change: 0.50 (0.21%)
Spread: 0.10 (0.042%)
Open: 235.60
High: 236.90
Low: 234.80
Prev. Close: 235.30
LGEN Live PriceLast checked at -

Watchlists are a member only feature

Login to your account

Alerts are a premium feature

Login to your account

Wednesday newspaper share tips: Legal&General, Inchcape

Wed, 16th Mar 2016 15:16

(ShareCast News) - Worries surrounding Legal&General's capital position and future dividends appeared to be unjustified, The Times's Tempus said.The insurer's full-year capital surplus, on the basis of the European Solvency II requirements, printed at £5.5bn or about 169% of what it required to support underwriting, below the numbers reported by rivals Aviva and Prudential.Nonetheless, that was above the company's own target of 140% and it was becoming increasingly difficult to compare individual firms' numbers on account of the new regulation."What is obvious is that it is becoming difficult to compare the numbers from the individual insurers, which is increasing the market's uncertainty," Tempus said.As well, L&G, like the other big players, had the option adding to their reserves by acquiring any smaller closed annuity books that came on the market, the tipster pointed out.The historical yield was still approaching 6.0% too.Its bulk annuity sales were also set to rise again, the company's share of the auto-enrollment market could only grow and it had a foothold in the US."L&G would seem to be in all the right markets and the price fall looks overdone given that dividend yield, Buy," Tempus said. Inchcape saw solid signs of improvement in its business last year, but cautious sounds from management were reason enough to steer clear of the stock for now, Tempus said.The self-described provider of car sales for vehicle manufacturers faces uncertainty in many of the markets it serves, such as Greece, Ethiopia, and Russia.Management was also cautious about Hong Kong.Furthermore, it has yet to promise a repeat of the £100m in buybacks - courtesy of its strong cash generation - carried out over the past three years.Trading well back from the highs reached last May, the stock was selling on 13 times earnings, which "doesn't look like a high rating" Tempus said.Nonetheless, the shares are best avoided for now as there is "no obvious catalyst for further immediate progress," Tempus concluded.
More News
11 Jul 2023 10:08

Britain's 50-billion pound pensions gamble could put savers in fresh peril

LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - Britain's financial services industry has broadly cheered fresh government proposals to jumpstart the economy by channelling 50 billion pounds ($64.5 billion) of pension fund cash into fledgling firms, but the plans could backfire on savers, experts said.

Read more
10 Jul 2023 18:00

UK pension funds back next phase of post-Brexit City shake up

Private pensions pledge up to 50 billion pounds

*

Read more
10 Jul 2023 13:45

Allergy Therapeutics appoints new CFO; interim CFO to leave in August

(Alliance News) - Allergy Therapeutics PLC on Monday said it has promoted Group Financial Controller Shaun Furlong to chief financial officer.

Read more
9 Jul 2023 13:01

Hunt to outline "evolutionary" pension funds investment reforms for UK

(Alliance News) - UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will promise "evolutionary not revolutionary" reforms to get pension funds making billions of pounds of riskier investments in fast-growing firms to boost economic growth.

Read more
5 Jul 2023 12:07

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks down; eyes on China slowdown, Fed minutes

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday on Wednesday amid a solidly risk-off mood following a slew of weak economic data, including from the world's second-largest economy.

Read more
5 Jul 2023 10:22

Legal & General confirms five-year targets

(Sharecast News) - Legal & General Group reiterated its five-year growth targets on Wednesday, as it confirmed that recently introduced accountancy changes would not have any impact.

Read more
5 Jul 2023 09:00

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks head lower before Fed minutes

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the red on Wednesday, amid fears of slowing growth in China, and escalating tension between the two world's largest economies.

Read more
5 Jul 2023 08:22

TOP NEWS: Legal & General says on track to achieve five-year plan

(Alliance News) - Legal & General Group PLC on Wednesday set out a confident outlook and said it enjoyed a busy first-half of pension risk transfer dealings.

Read more
5 Jul 2023 07:59

LONDON BRIEFING: L&G confident; Supreme wins "significant" vaping pact

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are expected to open lower on Wednesday, as investors assess weaker Chinese economic data, and look ahead to the release of the latest US Federal Reserve meeting minutes.

Read more
30 Jun 2023 10:59

UK life insurers' exposure to Thames Water is 'minimal', Citi says

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Citi pointed out on Thursday that the UK life insurance sector's direct exposure to Thames Water was "minimal".

Read more
20 Jun 2023 08:33

Lab crunch: British science has nowhere to go

OXFORD, England, June 20 (Reuters) - For Ros Deegan, the thrill of raising $100 million to expand a biotech firm among the dreaming spires of Oxford was soon tempered: unable to find a bigger laboratory, she routinely had to work at home.

Read more
15 Jun 2023 17:15

UK's FTSE 100 rises on energy boost; Informa jumps

ECB raises rates by an expected 25 bps

*

Read more
15 Jun 2023 11:12

Legal & General new CEO has "hard act to follow" after Wilson's tenure

(Alliance News) - Legal & General Group PLC on Thursday named its new chief executive, but Antonio Simoes has a "hard act to follow."

Read more
15 Jun 2023 09:15

Legal & General hires Santander's Antonio Simoes as CEO

Simoes will join the company on Jan. 1, 2024

*

Read more
15 Jun 2023 09:10

Santander appoints Castro e Almeida to drive growth in Europe

MADRID, June 15 (Reuters) - Santander said on Thursday it has appointed Pedro Castro e Almeida as regional head for Europe as the Spanish bank bets on this region to drive growth.

Read more

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.

Quickpicks are a member only feature

Login to your account

Don't have an account? Click here to register.