High hopes for high yielder Legal & General
This FTSE 100 insurer has an attractive dividend yield and independent analyst Alistair Strang considers whether it could be on its way to achieving a new all-time high.
19th August 2026 09:02
by Alistair Strang from Trends and Targets
Legal & General Group (LSE:LGEN) has resurfaced from its 25p low in 2009, now offering the highest dividend yield (7.1%) of the entire FTSE 100.
Additionally, the share price is skirting around the concept of achieving a new all-time high.
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According to our calculations, the situation now suggests movement above 317p should prove capable of triggering a further lift to an initial 328p with our secondary, if bettered, working out at a future 364p. Overall, we are being encouraged to think the share price is now sailing in a zone, where a distant long-term 412p is exerting an attraction.
Should the market decide to foul things up slightly, below 285p would be regarded as an early signal for trouble, warning of the risk of reversal to 273p with our secondary, if such a level is punctured, bringing the threat of a probable bottom at 255p.
For now, we are inclined towards hope for the future.
Source: Trends and Targets. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Alistair Strang has led high-profile and "top secret" software projects since the late 1970s and won the original John Logie Baird Award for inventors and innovators. After the financial crash, he wanted to know "how it worked" with a view to mimicking existing trading formulas and predicting what was coming next. His results speak for themselves as he continually refines the methodology.
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