PRI vs. LNC, AEL, GL, VOYA, JXN, FG, BHF, GNW, RGA, and AEG
Should you be buying Primerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primerica include Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Globe Life (GL), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Primerica (NYSE:PRI) and Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Primerica currently has a consensus target price of $245.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.93%. Lincoln National has a consensus target price of $28.45, suggesting a potential upside of 5.66%. Given Primerica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Primerica is more favorable than Lincoln National.
Primerica has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lincoln National. Lincoln National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lincoln National had 14 more articles in the media than Primerica. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Lincoln National and 11 mentions for Primerica. Primerica's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Lincoln National's score of 0.06 indicating that Primerica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Primerica has a net margin of 20.37% compared to Lincoln National's net margin of -6.46%. Primerica's return on equity of 27.83% beat Lincoln National's return on equity.
Primerica received 328 more outperform votes than Lincoln National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.99% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 51.60% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote.
Primerica has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln National has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.9% of Primerica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Lincoln National shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Primerica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Lincoln National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Primerica pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Primerica pays out 18.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lincoln National pays out -36.1% 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. Lincoln National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Primerica beats Lincoln National on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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