Swiss Re (OTCMKTS:SSREY – Get Free Report) and Legal & General Group (OTCMKTS:LGGNY – Get Free Report) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Swiss Re and Legal & General Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Swiss Re | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Legal & General Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Dividends
Swiss Re pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of $2.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Swiss Re | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.75 |
| Legal & General Group | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Swiss Re and Legal & General Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Swiss Re | $43.14 billion | 1.11 | $4.74 billion | N/A | N/A |
| Legal & General Group | $12.16 billion | 1.76 | $780.67 million | N/A | N/A |
Swiss Re has higher revenue and earnings than Legal & General Group.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.0% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Swiss Re has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
About Swiss Re
Swiss Re AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides wholesale reinsurance, insurance, other insurance-based forms of risk transfer, and other insurance-related services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Property & Casualty Reinsurance, Life & Health Reinsurance, and Corporate Solutions. The Property & Casualty Reinsurance segment underwrites property reinsurance, including property, credit and surety, engineering, aviation, marine, agriculture, retakaful, and facultative reinsurance solutions; and casualty reinsurance, such as liability, motor, worker's compensation, personal accident, management and professional liability, cyber, and facultative reinsurance solutions. The Life & Health Reinsurance segment underwrites life and health insurance products. The Corporate Solutions segment offers standard risk transfer covers and multi-line programs to customized solutions. It serves stock and mutual insurance companies, public sector and governmental entities, mid-sized and large corporations, and individuals. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
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.
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