JXN vs. FG, LNC, AEL, VOYA, PRI, GL, BHF, GNW, NWLI, and RGA
Should you be buying Jackson Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jackson Financial include F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Voya Financial (VOYA), Primerica (PRI), Globe Life (GL), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), National Western Life Group (NWLI), and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Jackson Financial (NYSE:JXN) and F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Jackson Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. F&G Annuities & Life pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Jackson Financial pays out 28.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. F&G Annuities & Life pays out -175.0% 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.
Jackson Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than F&G Annuities & Life. F&G Annuities & Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jackson Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jackson Financial has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jackson Financial currently has a consensus price target of $61.80, indicating a potential downside of 15.26%. F&G Annuities & Life has a consensus price target of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.46%. Given F&G Annuities & Life's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe F&G Annuities & Life is more favorable than Jackson Financial.
In the previous week, Jackson Financial had 5 more articles in the media than F&G Annuities & Life. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Jackson Financial and 3 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life. F&G Annuities & Life's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Jackson Financial's score of 0.47 indicating that F&G Annuities & Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jackson Financial has a net margin of 0.00% compared to F&G Annuities & Life's net margin of -1.29%. F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity of 12.33% beat Jackson Financial's return on equity.
F&G Annuities & Life received 137 more outperform votes than Jackson Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.68% of users gave F&G Annuities & Life an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave Jackson Financial an outperform vote.
90.0% of Jackson Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Jackson Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Jackson Financial and F&G Annuities & Life tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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