Standard Life plc (1BF) Stock Price & Analysis
1BF Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 11.19 - EUR 11.29
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 7.37 - EUR 11.35
- Previous Close
- EUR 11.22
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 2,342
- Market Cap
- EUR 11.12B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 12.21B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 7.45B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 3.30B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- ―
- Beta
- 0.58
- Next Earnings
- Mar 22, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.56
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 5.89%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Workplace Growth And Retention
Strong workplace wins and exceptionally high client retention support recurring asset gathering and durable customer relationships. This combination can reinforce scale, improve operating leverage, and provide a more stable foundation for future fee income and cash generation.
Improved Leverage And Solvency
Lower leverage and substantial solvency buffers improve financial resilience and capital flexibility. A stronger balance sheet gives Standard Life greater capacity to absorb insurance volatility, fund strategic initiatives, and maintain confidence while pursuing growth opportunities.
Strategic Scale From Aegon Acquisition
The Aegon U.K. acquisition offers a tangible route to greater scale, broader adviser reach, and meaningful cost and cash synergies. If integration proceeds as planned, these benefits could strengthen competitive positioning and expand Standard Life’s long-term earnings capacity.
Bears Say
Recurring Losses And Unstable Cash Flow
Persistent losses, volatile revenue, and the sharp 2025 cash-flow reversal reduce earnings quality and predictability. These issues can constrain internally funded investment, make dividends and capital allocation harder to sustain, and leave results more exposed to operating volatility.
Large Retail Outflows
Sizable retail outflows, particularly transfers to competitors, threaten asset retention and the recurring fee base. Even with retirement withdrawals partly explaining activity, ongoing competitive leakage can weaken scale benefits and require greater investment in propositions and customer engagement.
PRT Pricing And Execution Pressure
Greater PRT competition and low credit spreads could compress margins and reduce returns on new business. This limits the profitability of an important growth area and places more importance on disciplined underwriting, capital allocation, and successful execution of the planned partnership.
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Company Description
Standard Life plc
Standard Life plc, a long-established financial services firm founded in 1782 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, specializes in providing long-term savings and retirement solutions throughout Europe. Its operations are organized into key divisions including Retirement Solutions, Pensions & Savings, With-Profits, SunLife & Protection, and Europe & Other. The company offers a diverse range of products covering every stage of retirement planning: from initial wealth accumulation through defined contribution workplace and retail savings plans, to facilitating the transition into retirement with services like pension consolidation, fixed-term annuities, and managed funds, and finally, offering various income solutions such as income drawdown, lifetime annuities, defined benefit pensions, and home equity release. Furthermore, Standard Life provides both new and existing individual and bulk purchase annuity contracts, UK individual annuities, self-invested personal pensions, unit-linked insurance and investment products, and a suite of protection offerings. These services are delivered under prominent brand names including Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life, and ReAssure. It's noteworthy that the company, previously known as Phoenix Group Holdings plc, officially rebranded as Standard Life plc in February 2026.
- Sector
- Financial
- Industry
- Insurance - Life
- CEO
- Andrew David Briggs
- Employees
- 5,519
- Website
- www.standardlifeplc.com
- Address
- 20 Old Bailey, London, GL, EC4M 7AN, GB
Standard Life plc (1BF) Earnings & Revenues
1BF Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly optimistic, with management emphasizing strong first-half growth in cash generation, operating profit, assets, customer metrics and cost savings, achievement of the leverage target, and progress toward the 2026 targets. The company also presented substantial growth opportunities from the Aegon U.K. acquisition, the PRT partnership and digital and private-market capabilities. The main negatives were sizable retail outflows, competitive PRT pricing, lower expected second-half annuity returns, hedge-related IFRS volatility and execution and regulatory work still ahead. Highlights significantly outweighed the lowlights.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 15 | 3 | 4 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |
