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Legal & General boosts 2025 earnings and launches £1.2bn buyback as growth strategy gains traction

Story Highlights
  • Legal & General delivered higher 2025 profits and EPS, strengthened capital and a larger future profit pool while committing to a £1.2bn share buyback and modest dividend growth.
  • The group is reinforcing its market position in pension risk transfer, asset management and workplace pensions, leveraging synergies across businesses to grow fee income and pursue its long-term strategy.
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Legal & General boosts 2025 earnings and launches £1.2bn buyback as growth strategy gains traction

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The latest update is out from Legal & General ( (GB:LGEN) ).

Legal & General reported strong 2025 full-year results, with core operating profit rising 6% to £1.62bn and core EPS up 9%, alongside £1.5bn of Solvency II capital generation and a robust 210% solvency coverage ratio. The group also highlighted a £13.3bn store of future profit and announced a £1.2bn share buyback and a 2% increase in the dividend per share as part of plans to return more than £5bn to shareholders between 2025 and 2027.

Operationally, the firm underscored continued leadership in institutional pension risk transfer with £11.8bn of global deals, strong growth in asset management with £1.2trn AUM and a 32% rise in private markets assets, and expanding workplace DC assets and retail annuities. Management positioned the business as sharper and more focused, emphasising synergies between retirement, workplace and asset management franchises to drive fee income, improve margins and support accelerated execution of its growth strategy.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:LGEN) stock is a Hold with a £280.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Legal & General stock, see the GB:LGEN Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on GB:LGEN Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, GB:LGEN is a Neutral.

Legal & General’s overall stock score reflects a mix of financial challenges and positive market sentiment. The company’s financial performance is a concern due to declining revenues and cash flow issues. However, technical indicators show bullish momentum, and corporate events suggest confidence in future growth. The high P/E ratio indicates overvaluation, but the attractive dividend yield provides some balance.

To see Spark’s full report on GB:LGEN stock, click here.

More about Legal & General

Legal & General Group Plc is a UK-based financial services group focused on retirement solutions, asset management and retail insurance products. The company is a leading player in defined benefit pension risk transfer, has a global asset management arm with a growing private markets franchise, and is expanding in defined contribution workplace pensions and retail annuities.

Average Trading Volume: 18,467,310

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: £14.55B

For a thorough assessment of LGEN stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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