FG vs. LNC, AEL, JXN, BHF, VOYA, GNW, GL, PRI, NWLI, and RGA
Should you be buying F&G Annuities & Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F&G Annuities & Life include Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Jackson Financial (JXN), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Voya Financial (VOYA), Genworth Financial (GNW), Globe Life (GL), Primerica (PRI), National Western Life Group (NWLI), and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) and Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Lincoln National shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Lincoln National shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
F&G Annuities & Life currently has a consensus price target of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.07%. Lincoln National has a consensus price target of $28.27, indicating a potential downside of 2.41%. Given F&G Annuities & Life's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe F&G Annuities & Life is more favorable than Lincoln National.
Lincoln National has a net margin of 11.31% compared to F&G Annuities & Life's net margin of -1.29%. Lincoln National's return on equity of 19.50% beat F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lincoln National had 35 more articles in the media than F&G Annuities & Life. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Lincoln National and 2 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life. F&G Annuities & Life's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Lincoln National's score of 0.07 indicating that F&G Annuities & Life is being referred to more favorably in the media.
F&G Annuities & Life has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lincoln National. F&G Annuities & Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lincoln National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lincoln National received 342 more outperform votes than F&G Annuities & Life when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.68% of users gave F&G Annuities & Life an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote.
F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln National has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
F&G Annuities & Life pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. F&G Annuities & Life pays out -175.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lincoln National pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
F&G Annuities & Life and Lincoln National tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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