GL vs. PRI, VOYA, JXN, FG, LNC, AEL, BHF, GNW, RGA, and AEG
Should you be buying Globe Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globe Life include Primerica (PRI), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Globe Life (NYSE:GL) and Primerica (NYSE:PRI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Primerica received 760 more outperform votes than Globe Life when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 36.62% of users gave Globe Life an outperform vote.
Globe Life has higher revenue and earnings than Primerica. Globe Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Globe Life presently has a consensus target price of $114.33, suggesting a potential upside of 32.84%. Primerica has a consensus target price of $245.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.64%. Given Globe Life's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Globe Life is more favorable than Primerica.
Globe Life pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Primerica pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Globe Life pays out 9.2% 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.
In the previous week, Globe Life had 9 more articles in the media than Primerica. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Globe Life and 14 mentions for Primerica. Primerica's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Globe Life's score of 0.14 indicating that Primerica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Globe Life has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% 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.
Primerica has a net margin of 20.44% compared to Globe Life's net margin of 18.07%. Primerica's return on equity of 27.35% beat Globe Life's return on equity.
81.6% of Globe Life shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Primerica shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Globe Life shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Primerica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Primerica beats Globe Life on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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