BHF vs. GNW, AEL, NWLI, LNC, FG, JXN, VOYA, PRI, GL, and GRP.U
Should you be buying Brighthouse Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brighthouse Financial include Genworth Financial (GNW), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Lincoln National (LNC), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Jackson Financial (JXN), Voya Financial (VOYA), Primerica (PRI), Globe Life (GL), and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) and Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Genworth Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genworth Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genworth Financial has a net margin of 1.24% compared to Genworth Financial's net margin of -38.05%. Genworth Financial's return on equity of 23.49% beat Brighthouse Financial's return on equity.
81.8% of Genworth Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Genworth Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Genworth Financial received 181 more outperform votes than Brighthouse Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote while only 50.28% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brighthouse Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Genworth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Brighthouse Financial and 7 mentions for Genworth Financial. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Genworth Financial's score of 0.23 indicating that Genworth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Genworth Financial has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genworth Financial currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.87%. Brighthouse Financial has a consensus target price of $50.29, suggesting a potential upside of 9.03%. Given Genworth Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Genworth Financial.
Summary
Genworth Financial beats Brighthouse Financial on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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