RGA vs. AEG, CRBG, PRI, GL, VOYA, JXN, LNC, FG, AEL, and PUK
Should you be buying Reinsurance Group of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reinsurance Group of America include Aegon (AEG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Primerica (PRI), Globe Life (GL), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Lincoln National (LNC), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), and Prudential (PUK). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Aegon (NYSE:AEG) and Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Aegon had 2 more articles in the media than Reinsurance Group of America. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Aegon and 7 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America. Aegon's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Reinsurance Group of America's score of 0.48 indicating that Reinsurance Group of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aegon has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Reinsurance Group of America has a consensus price target of $194.38, indicating a potential upside of 2.97%. Given Aegon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Reinsurance Group of America is more favorable than Aegon.
Reinsurance Group of America has higher revenue and earnings than Aegon.
Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aegon has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Reinsurance Group of America has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Aegon received 50 more outperform votes than Reinsurance Group of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.07% of users gave Aegon an outperform vote while only 51.52% of users gave Reinsurance Group of America an outperform vote.
4.3% of Aegon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Reinsurance Group of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Reinsurance Group of America has a net margin of 4.86% compared to Reinsurance Group of America's net margin of 0.00%. Aegon's return on equity of 16.20% beat Reinsurance Group of America's return on equity.
Summary
Reinsurance Group of America beats Aegon on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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