NWLI vs. VERY, CIA, AEL, LNC, GNW, BHF, FG, JXN, AKR, and DRH
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), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Vericity (NASDAQ:VERY) and National Western Life Group (NASDAQ:NWLI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
1.9% of Vericity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of National Western Life Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Vericity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of National Western Life Group shares are owned 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.
Vericity has a beta of 0.14, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Western Life Group has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 53.76% of users gave National Western Life Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vericity had 6 more articles in the media than National Western Life Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Vericity and 2 mentions for National Western Life Group. Vericity's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat National Western Life Group's score of 0.07 indicating that National Western Life Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
National Western Life Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to National Western Life Group's net margin of -7.59%. Vericity's return on equity of 6.40% beat National Western Life Group's return on equity.
Summary
National Western Life Group beats Vericity on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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