RGA vs. AEG, CRBG, GL, PRI, VOYA, JXN, FG, LNC, 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), Globe Life (GL), Primerica (PRI), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Lincoln National (LNC), 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Aegon has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reinsurance Group of America has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aegon received 49 more outperform votes than Reinsurance Group of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.99% 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Reinsurance Group of America has a net margin of 4.16% compared to Reinsurance Group of America's net margin of 0.00%. Aegon's return on equity of 15.94% beat Reinsurance Group of America's return on equity.
Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Reinsurance Group of America pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Reinsurance Group of America pays out 26.4% 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.
Reinsurance Group of America has a consensus target price of $196.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.65%. Given Aegon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Reinsurance Group of America is more favorable than Aegon.
In the previous week, Reinsurance Group of America had 9 more articles in the media than Aegon. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Reinsurance Group of America and 15 mentions for Aegon. Aegon's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Reinsurance Group of America's score of 0.10 indicating that Reinsurance Group of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Reinsurance Group of America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Aegon.
Summary
Reinsurance Group of America beats Aegon on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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