PRU vs. PHNX, STAN, LGEN, NWG, AV, SMT, BARC, AIBG, ADM, and PSH
Should you be buying Prudential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prudential include Phoenix Group (PHNX), Standard Chartered (STAN), Legal & General Group (LGEN), NatWest Group (NWG), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Barclays (BARC), AIB Group (AIBG), Admiral Group (ADM), and Pershing Square (PSH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) and Prudential (LON:PRU) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Prudential has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phoenix Group. Phoenix Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Phoenix Group had 3 more articles in the media than Prudential. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Phoenix Group and 16 mentions for Prudential. Phoenix Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Prudential's score of 0.12 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Phoenix Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 614.60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.72%. Prudential has a consensus price target of GBX 1,522.50, suggesting a potential upside of 110.35%. Given Phoenix Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Prudential is more favorable than Phoenix Group.
Phoenix Group has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
54.9% of Phoenix Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Prudential shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Phoenix Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Prudential shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Prudential received 808 more outperform votes than Phoenix Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.59% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Phoenix Group an outperform vote.
Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 53 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Phoenix Group pays out -37,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential pays out 3,265.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phoenix Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Prudential has a net margin of 15.41% compared to Prudential's net margin of -0.57%. Phoenix Group's return on equity of 9.82% beat Prudential's return on equity.
Summary
Prudential beats Phoenix Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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