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U.K. (FTSE) Life and Health Insurance Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 26, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies5
  • 7D-0.8%
  • 3M-13.9%
  • 1Y-33.7%
  • YTDn/a

The Life and Health Insurance industry has been flat over the last week, but Legal & General Group has lost 5.0%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 34% in the last year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 19% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Life and Health Insurance Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 26 Apr 2024UK£25.9bUK£32.7bUK£1.4b12.3x19x0.8x
Sun, 24 Mar 2024UK£27.8bUK£30.7bUK£1.3b9.8x20.8x0.9x
Tue, 20 Feb 2024UK£64.7mUK£90.2mUK£5.7m9.8x11.3x0.7x
Thu, 18 Jan 2024UK£59.5mUK£90.2mUK£5.7m9.1x10.4x0.7x
Sat, 16 Dec 2023UK£55.3mUK£90.2mUK£5.7m9.3x9.7x0.6x
Mon, 13 Nov 2023UK£61.7mUK£90.2mUK£5.7m9.7x10.8x0.7x
Wed, 11 Oct 2023UK£63.7mUK£90.2mUK£5.7m10x11.2x0.7x
Fri, 08 Sep 2023UK£0UK£0UK£010.4xn/an/a
Sun, 06 Aug 2023UK£0UK£0UK£012xn/an/a
Tue, 04 Jul 2023UK£0UK£0UK£013.1xn/an/a
Thu, 01 Jun 2023UK£0UK£0UK£014.8xn/an/a
Sat, 29 Apr 2023UK£0UK£0UK£014.7xn/an/a
Mon, 27 Mar 2023UK£0UK£0UK£012.8xn/an/a
Wed, 22 Feb 2023UK£35.3bUK£1.6bUK£830.7m17.8x42.5x22.4x
Fri, 20 Jan 2023UK£36.0bUK£1.5bUK£809.7m15.7x44.4x23.3x
Sun, 18 Dec 2022UK£29.7bUK£1.6bUK£826.3m14.9x35.9x19x
Tue, 15 Nov 2022UK£27.9bUK£1.6bUK£864.2m16.2x32.3x17.2x
Thu, 13 Oct 2022UK£24.1bUK£1.7bUK£925.5m12.6x26x14x
Sat, 10 Sep 2022UK£27.1bUK£1.8bUK£881.2m12.3x30.8x15.2x
Mon, 08 Aug 2022UK£50.4bUK£59.0bUK£3.0b13.6x16.9x0.9x
Wed, 06 Jul 2022UK£47.0bUK£59.3bUK£3.0b14.3x15.7x0.8x
Fri, 03 Jun 2022UK£50.7bUK£58.3bUK£2.9b15.9x17.4x0.9x
Sun, 01 May 2022UK£50.1bUK£58.2bUK£2.9b15.9x17.2x0.9x
Tue, 29 Mar 2022UK£53.3bUK£57.4bUK£2.9b13.5x18.7x0.9x
Thu, 24 Feb 2022UK£56.3bUK£84.3bUK£3.4b11.8x16.3x0.7x
Sat, 22 Jan 2022UK£61.2bUK£84.4bUK£3.5b11.5x17.7x0.7x
Mon, 20 Dec 2021UK£59.6bUK£85.2bUK£3.5b11x17.1x0.7x
Wed, 17 Nov 2021UK£66.5bUK£84.7bUK£3.5b12x19.2x0.8x
Fri, 15 Oct 2021UK£64.4bUK£84.0bUK£3.4b11.7x18.8x0.8x
Sun, 12 Sep 2021UK£62.7bUK£83.6bUK£3.4b13.1x18.4x0.8x
Tue, 10 Aug 2021UK£62.8bUK£83.6bUK£3.4b12.9x18.4x0.8x
Mon, 03 May 2021UK£64.8bUK£84.8bUK£3.6b20.2x17.9x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.9x


Total Market Cap: UK£64.8bTotal Earnings: UK£3.6bTotal Revenue: UK£84.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Life and Health Insurance Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 147.5x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Life and Health Insurance industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 19.0x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 148x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 5.3x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.79x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Life and Health Insurance industry have declined 28% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 27% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Life and Health Insurance compare with similar industries?

GB Market2.25%
Financials1.03%
Insurance-0.46%
Life and Health Insurance-0.80%
Insurance Brokers5.56%
Reinsurance0.24%
General Insurance0.17%
Property and Casualty Insurance-0.45%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
JUST Just GroupUK£1.012.4%
+UK£24.9m		14.8%PE9x
PHNX Phoenix Group HoldingsUK£4.820.1%
+UK£6.0m		-18.6%PS0.2x
HSD Hansard GlobalUK£0.503.9%
+UK£2.6m		-2.5%PE10.2x
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Latest News

LGEN

UK£2.33

Legal & General Group

7D

-4.8%

1Y

-0.6%

JUST

UK£1.01

Just Group

7D

2.4%

1Y

14.8%

PHNX

UK£4.82

Phoenix Group Holdings

7D

0.1%

1Y

-18.6%

Phoenix Group Holdings (LON:PHNX) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.2665

Apr 10
Phoenix Group Holdings (LON:PHNX) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.2665

CSN

UK£2.53

Chesnara

7D

-1.8%

1Y

-9.0%

PRU

UK£7.14

Prudential

7D

-1.1%

1Y

-41.1%

HSD

UK£0.50

Hansard Global

7D

3.9%

1Y

-2.5%