NWLI vs. VERY, CIA, AEL, LNC, GNW, BHF, FG, JXN, OFG, and AKR
Should you be buying National Western Life Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Western Life Group include Vericity (VERY), Citizens (CIA), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Lincoln National (LNC), Genworth Financial (GNW), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Jackson Financial (JXN), OFG Bancorp (OFG), and Acadia Realty Trust (AKR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
National Western Life Group (NASDAQ:NWLI) and Vericity (NASDAQ:VERY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
National Western Life Group received 135 more outperform votes than Vericity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Vericity an outperform vote while only 53.96% of users gave National Western Life Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, National Western Life Group had 1 more articles in the media than Vericity. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for National Western Life Group and 7 mentions for Vericity. National Western Life Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Vericity's score of 0.50 indicating that National Western Life Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.6% of National Western Life Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Vericity shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of National Western Life Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Vericity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Western Life Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to Vericity's net margin of -5.57%. National Western Life Group's return on equity of 6.40% beat Vericity's return on equity.
National Western Life Group has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vericity has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Western Life Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vericity. Vericity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Western Life Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
National Western Life Group beats Vericity on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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