PHNX vs. PRU, SLA, OMU, CSN, HSD, OML, SMT, LGEN, AV, and AIBG
Should you be buying Phoenix Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phoenix Group include Prudential (PRU), Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), Old Mutual (OMU), Chesnara (CSN), Hansard Global (HSD), Old Mutual (OML), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), and AIB Group (AIBG).
Phoenix Group vs.
Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) and Prudential (LON:PRU) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Phoenix Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 15.42%. Prudential has a consensus price target of GBX 1,285, suggesting a potential upside of 94.23%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prudential is more favorable than Phoenix Group.
Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 53 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Phoenix Group pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential pays out 7,083.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Phoenix Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
54.4% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Prudential shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Prudential received 814 more outperform votes than Phoenix Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.69% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote while only 57.27% of users gave Phoenix Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Prudential had 9 more articles in the media than Phoenix Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Prudential and 0 mentions for Phoenix Group. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Phoenix Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Prudential has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Phoenix Group's net margin of -2.03%. Prudential's return on equity of 5.48% beat Phoenix Group's return on equity.
Phoenix Group has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Prudential has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phoenix Group. Phoenix Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Prudential beats Phoenix Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PHNX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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