UNM vs. PRI, LNC, AEL, CNO, NWLI, CIA, MET, AFL, PRU, and PFG
Should you be buying Unum Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unum Group include Primerica (PRI), Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), CNO Financial Group (CNO), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Citizens (CIA), MetLife (MET), Aflac (AFL), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Principal Financial Group (PFG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) and Primerica (NYSE:PRI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Primerica received 434 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 46.44% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.
Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than Primerica. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unum Group currently has a consensus target price of $57.38, suggesting a potential upside of 6.53%. Primerica has a consensus target price of $245.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Primerica's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Primerica is more favorable than Unum Group.
In the previous week, Primerica had 3 more articles in the media than Unum Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Primerica and 4 mentions for Unum Group. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Primerica's score of 1.06 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Primerica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Primerica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Primerica has a net margin of 20.44% compared to Unum Group's net margin of 10.52%. Primerica's return on equity of 27.35% beat Unum Group's return on equity.
Unum Group has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primerica has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Primerica pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Unum Group pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primerica pays out 18.3% 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.
Summary
Primerica beats Unum Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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