NWLI vs. FFG, BHF, GNW, IHC, VERY, LNC, AEL, CNO, CIA, and MET
Should you be buying National Western Life Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Western Life Group include FBL Financial Group (FFG), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Independence (IHC), Vericity (VERY), Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Citizens (CIA), and MetLife (MET). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
National Western Life Group (NASDAQ:NWLI) and FBL Financial Group (NYSE:FFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
National Western Life Group pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. FBL Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. National Western Life Group pays out 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FBL Financial Group pays out 55.8% 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.
FBL Financial Group received 131 more outperform votes than National Western Life Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.19% of users gave National Western Life Group an outperform vote while only 50.54% of users gave FBL Financial Group an outperform vote.
81.6% of National Western Life Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of FBL Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.5% of National Western Life Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FBL Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, National Western Life Group had 3 more articles in the media than FBL Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for National Western Life Group and 0 mentions for FBL Financial Group. National Western Life Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat FBL Financial Group's score of 0.00 indicating that National Western Life Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Western Life Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to FBL Financial Group's net margin of 13.03%. National Western Life Group's return on equity of 6.40% beat FBL Financial Group's return on equity.
National Western Life Group has higher revenue and earnings than FBL Financial Group. National Western Life Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FBL Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Western Life Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FBL Financial Group has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
National Western Life Group beats FBL Financial Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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