Puhui Wealth Investment Management (NASDAQ:PHCF – Get Free Report) and Legal & General Group (OTCMKTS:LGGNY – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.6% of Puhui Wealth Investment Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. 48.2% of Puhui Wealth Investment Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Puhui Wealth Investment Management and Legal & General Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Puhui Wealth Investment Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Legal & General Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Puhui Wealth Investment Management and Legal & General Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Puhui Wealth Investment Management | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Legal & General Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Puhui Wealth Investment Management 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 | |
| Puhui Wealth Investment Management | $2.44 million | 0.00 | -$4.74 million | N/A | N/A |
| Legal & General Group | $11.97 billion | 1.43 | $568.46 million | N/A | N/A |
Legal & General Group has higher revenue and earnings than Puhui Wealth Investment Management.
Risk and Volatility
Puhui Wealth Investment Management has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Legal & General Group beats Puhui Wealth Investment Management on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Puhui Wealth Investment Management
Puhui Wealth Investment Management Co. Ltd. is a third-party wealth management service provider. It focuses on marketing financial products and managing funds for individuals and corporate clients in the People’s Republic of China. The company was founded by Zhe Ji in 2013 and is headquartered in Dong Cheng, China.
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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