AEL vs. LNC, CNO, NWLI, PRI, FG, JXN, BHF, GNW, VOYA, and GL
Should you be buying American Equity Investment Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Equity Investment Life include Lincoln National (LNC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Primerica (PRI), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Jackson Financial (JXN), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Voya Financial (VOYA), and Globe Life (GL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American Equity Investment Life (NYSE:AEL) and Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Lincoln National received 57 more outperform votes than American Equity Investment Life when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.17% of users gave American Equity Investment Life an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote.
American Equity Investment Life pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. American Equity Investment Life pays out 17.8% 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.
95.0% of American Equity Investment Life shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Lincoln National shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of American Equity Investment 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lincoln National has a net margin of 11.31% compared to American Equity Investment Life's net margin of 7.42%. American Equity Investment Life's return on equity of 25.15% beat Lincoln National's return on equity.
American Equity Investment Life currently has a consensus target price of $52.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.03%. Lincoln National has a consensus target price of $28.27, indicating a potential downside of 3.51%. Given Lincoln National's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lincoln National is more favorable than American Equity Investment Life.
In the previous week, Lincoln National had 35 more articles in the media than American Equity Investment Life. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Lincoln National and 3 mentions for American Equity Investment Life. American Equity Investment Life's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Lincoln National's score of 0.07 indicating that American Equity Investment Life is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Equity Investment Life has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln National has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Equity Investment Life has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lincoln National. Lincoln National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Equity Investment Life, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Equity Investment Life beats Lincoln National on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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