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M&G PlcMNG.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Financials›Financial Conglomerates

UK savings and asset-management company providing life insurance, pensions and investment funds, spun off from Prudential in 2019.

≈ A UK life-insurance/asset-manager combo, like Lincoln National plus an asset managerMomentum weak 32
Mkt cap
$10.3B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
79%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$15.8M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
11.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 9.6%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
BBB+ / —
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
123 days
9 Mar 2027
Close · GBP£320.10
1D-1.4%
1W+0.2%
1M+5.2%
3M-11.7%
6M+6.8%
YTD+11.8%
1Y+18.6%
ATR %2.0%
52w lowhigh12.8% off high

What M&G does

UK savings and asset-management company providing life insurance, pensions and investment funds, spun off from Prudential in 2019.

Earns from two sources: the margin on investing premiums it collects on savings, annuity and with-profits policies (policies where returns are smoothed and shared with customers), and fees as a share of assets in its funds and platform. Demerged from Prudential in 2019. Japan's Dai-ichi Life became a significant shareholder with a distribution partnership in 2024.

In one line: A UK life-insurance/asset-manager combo, like Lincoln National plus an asset manager.

Products and services

  • Life insurance/with-profits
  • Asset management (retail & institutional funds)
  • Wealth/advice platform

Customers

  • UK retail savers/policyholders
  • Institutional investors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Asset management & life insurance
  • Savings, pensions, funds

What could go right

  • Bulk purchase annuity (BPA) market growth
  • Asset-management net inflows

What could go wrong

  • Legacy with-profits book run-off
  • Fee compression in asset management

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, brand). A large back-book of UK life/pension policies and an established fund range give scale, though flows face fee competition.

Headquarters: London, UK · Founded: 2019

Named competitors

M&G at a glance

Size M&G (MNG.L) is a United Kingdom Financials company (Financial Conglomerates) with a market value of $10.3B, the 54th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £320.10 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.8%, against +0.6% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 67.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.6%); the operating margin is 8.2% (peer median 41.2%).

Valuation It trades at 11.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.5× (8th cheapest of 16).

Credit M&G has 1 bond outstanding ($500M), rated BBB+ by the agencies.

Next results Next results expected around 9 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MNG.L 105Peer median 102
Six months, rebased to 100: M&G against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

M&G financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£25.0B£21.7B£14.5B£15.2B-£10.7B
Revenue growth—+50%-5%——
Net income-£111M£302M-£360M£297M-£2.07B
Free cash flow£565M£612M£200M£1.03B-£1.27B
Capital expenditure£138M£175M£289M£496M£573M
Total debtn/a£6.91B£6.91B£8.03B£7.96B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

M&G competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%+20%-20%0%+20%8473BMNRAKERSOLBAJAJHLDNGARCCLATO-BLUND-BJIOFINBBUCBAERONEXAZMOBDCMAINZEGAIILINDU-AMNG.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. M&G is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+250%+500%+750%+1,000%0×25×50×75×8473BMNRAKERSOLARCCJIOFINBBUCONEXOBDCZEGMNG.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. M&G is the large dot.

M&G competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MNG.L vs LGEN.L vs AV..L vs SDR.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
M&G MNG.L$10.3B+7%+68%8%11.3×n/a
Legal & General LGEN.L$21.9B+24%+137%2%13.1×n/a
Aviva AV..L$29.5B+18%+86%3%12.2×n/a
Schroders SDR.Ln/a+3%n/an/an/an/a
Aberdeen ABDN.L$5.36B+2%+2%37%14.3×n/a
Standard Life SDLF.L$12.5B+25%+135%1%14.3×n/a

How M&G compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

M&G against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMNG.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.2%+3.6%7th highest of 21
6-month return+6.8%+0.6%6th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-12.8%-12.9%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+67.9%+1.6%5th highest of 21
Operating margin8.2%41.2%4th lowest of 21
Forward P/E11.3×12.5×8th cheapest of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
M&G MNG.LUnited Kingdom$10.3B+7%+68%8%11.3×n/an/a
SBI 8473.TJapan$11.2B-13%+20%40%5.9×n/an/a
BitMine Immersion Technologies BMNRUnited States$11.3B-15%+1,022%-485%25.9×n/an/a
Aker AKER.OLNorway$8.60B-7%-17%226%14.3×n/an/a
Washington H. Soul Pattinson and SOL.AXAustralia$12.5B+12%+143%-9%28.0×n/an/a
Bajaj Holdings & Investment BAJAJHLDNG.NSIndia$13.0B+4%-14%80%n/an/an/a
Ares Capital ARCCUnited States$13.8B+1%-8%61%9.9×n/an/a
Investment AB Latour LATO-B.STSweden$14.2B+19%+3%15%n/an/an/a
L E Lundbergforetagen LUND-B.STSweden$15.3B+16%-4%28%n/an/an/a
Jio Financial Services JIOFIN.NSIndia$16.2B-8%+117%40%74.6×n/an/a
Brookfield Business BBUC.TOCanada$6.15B-9%+106%13%5.4×n/an/a
Julius Baer Gruppe BAER.SWSwitzerland$17.1B+2%0%30%11.3×n/an/a
HAL Trust HAL.ASNetherlands$17.2B+1%-5%14%12.5×n/an/a
Onex ONEX.TOCanada$5.91B-7%+2%173%22.3×n/an/a
Azimut AZM.MIItaly$5.70B-1%+17%46%10.6×n/an/a
Blue Owl Capital OBDCUnited States$5.39B-4%+1%54%8.2×n/an/a
Main Street Capital MAINUnited States$5.33B+6%+3%91%15.0×n/an/a
Zegona Communications ZEG.LUnited Kingdom$5.17B-5%+55%8%46.4×n/an/a
Authum Investment & Infrastucture AIIL.NSIndia$5.14B+16%-23%79%n/an/an/a
China Resources New Energy 001248.SZChina$21.5Bn/a0%42%n/an/an/a
Industrivarden INDU-A.STSweden$23.4B+9%-1%569%9.6×n/an/a

M&G bonds and credit

M&G has 1 bond outstanding with $500M face value. The agencies rate it BBB+.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are M&G's main competitors?
Named competitors: Legal & General Group (LGEN.L), Aviva (AV..L), Schroders (SDR.L), Aberdeen Group (ABDN.L), Standard Life (SDLF.L). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes SBI (8473.T), BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), Aker (AKER.OL), Washington H. Soul Pattinson and (SOL.AX), Bajaj Holdings & Investment (BAJAJHLDNG.NS), Ares Capital (ARCC).
Is M&G expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 11.3× against a peer median of 12.5×, 8th cheapest of 16 in its peer set.
How has M&G stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +6.8% against +0.6% for the median peer; over one year +18.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.