CRBG vs. MET, MFC, PRU, SLF, PUK, AEG, RGA, PRI, GL, and VOYA
Should you be buying Corebridge Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Corebridge Financial include MetLife (MET), Manulife Financial (MFC), Prudential Financial (PRU), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Aegon (AEG), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Primerica (PRI), Globe Life (GL), and Voya Financial (VOYA). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Corebridge Financial (NYSE:CRBG) and MetLife (NYSE:MET) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
Corebridge Financial has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MetLife has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Corebridge Financial has a net margin of 11.25% compared to MetLife's net margin of 3.50%. Corebridge Financial's return on equity of 23.64% beat MetLife's return on equity.
MetLife received 895 more outperform votes than Corebridge Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.53% of users gave MetLife an outperform vote while only 65.22% of users gave Corebridge Financial an outperform vote.
98.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of MetLife shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MetLife shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Corebridge Financial presently has a consensus price target of $29.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.27%. MetLife has a consensus price target of $79.08, suggesting a potential upside of 9.27%. Given MetLife's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MetLife is more favorable than Corebridge Financial.
Corebridge Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. MetLife pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Corebridge Financial pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MetLife pays out 74.9% 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. Corebridge Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
MetLife has higher revenue and earnings than Corebridge Financial. Corebridge Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MetLife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Corebridge Financial had 1 more articles in the media than MetLife. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Corebridge Financial and 6 mentions for MetLife. Corebridge Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat MetLife's score of 0.55 indicating that Corebridge Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MetLife beats Corebridge Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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