Legal & General (LGEN.L)
A leading international financial services group specializing in pension risk transfer, asset management, and life insurance.
What Legal & General does
Legal & General is a diversified financial services group headquartered in the UK. The company operates through several core business lines, including pension risk transfer, asset management, capital investment, and retail savings and insurance products.
Themes: pension risk transfer, asset management, retirement solutions, UK financial services, life insurance
Fundamentals
- Price£3.04 as of 2026-08-03 close
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- 1-year return+19.6% 2025-08-01 close £2.54 → 2026-08-03 close £3.04
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How Legal & General looks technically
Legal & General (LGEN.L) is trading 17.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 127 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 7, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 68, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It just made a new 20-day high, pushing above its recent trading range. It is 2.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year). Trading volume is unusually light — only about 0% of its 30-day average.
Trend
| Distance from the 200-day | +17.3% | it is trading 17.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend |
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| 50-day moving average | £2.85 | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is £2.85 |
| 200-day moving average | £2.59 | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is £2.59 |
| Since the 50/200 cross | 127 sessions | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 127 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | 6.6 | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 7, below the 25 that marks a real trend) |
Momentum
| 14-day RSI | 68.0 | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 68, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) |
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| Since the MACD crossed zero | 25 sessions | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) |
Range
| 52-week high | £3.10 | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was £3.10 |
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| From the 52-week high | -2.0% | it is 2.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) |
| Above the 52-week low | +39.9% | it is 39.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) |
| Below the 52-week high | 2.0% | it is 2.0% below its highest point of the past year |
| Since a 20-day breakout | 1 session | it just made a new 20-day high, pushing above its recent trading range |
| Since a 55-day breakout | 1 session | it just made a new 55-day high, pushing above its recent trading range |
| All-time high | £3.25 | its highest closing price on record is £3.25 (set on 2019-12-13) |
| From the all-time high | -6.4% | it is 6.4% below its all-time high |
| All-time low | £0.6905 | its lowest closing price on record is £0.6905 (set on 2010-02-12) |
| Above the all-time low | +340.0% | it is 340.0% above its all-time low |
Volatility
| Band width vs its own 6 months | 18th percentile | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 82% of it) |
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| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | £2.88 – £2.96 – £3.04 | most of its recent trading has stayed between about £2.88 and £3.04 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles |
Volume
| Volume vs its 30-day average | 0.00× | trading volume is unusually light — only about 0% of its 30-day average |
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Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Near the 52-week high · Broke out to a new 20-day high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low · volume and relative volume
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-03. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Sensitivity to interest rate volatility and market fluctuations in investment assets.","Regulatory and legislative changes affecting pension and insurance sectors.","Longevity risk associated with pension risk transfer business."]
Competitors & peers
- Aviva (AV.L)
- Prudential (PRU.L)
- Phoenix Group (PHNX.L)
- Aegon (AGN.AS)
- Standard Life (SL.L)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Legal & General (LGEN.L) do?
Legal & General is a diversified financial services group headquartered in the UK. The company operates through several core business lines, including pension risk transfer, asset management, capital investment, and retail savings and insurance products.
Who are Legal & General's (LGEN.L) competitors?
Notable peers of Legal & General (LGEN.L) include Aviva, Prudential, Phoenix Group, Aegon and Standard Life. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Legal & General (LGEN.L) overbought or oversold right now?
Legal & General (LGEN.L) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 68, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-03). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on LGEN.L come from?
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Last updated 2026-08-03.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from market data, shown with their as-of date.