PHNX vs. SLA, CSN, HSD, OML, OMU, PRU, AV, LGEN, AIBG, and SMT
Should you be buying Phoenix Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phoenix Group include Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), Chesnara (CSN), Hansard Global (HSD), Old Mutual (OML), Old Mutual (OMU), Prudential (PRU), Aviva (AV), Legal & General Group (LGEN), AIB Group (AIBG), and Scottish Mortgage (SMT).
Phoenix Group vs.
Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) and Standard Life Aberdeen (LON:SLA) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Phoenix Group received 12 more outperform votes than Standard Life Aberdeen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Standard Life Aberdeen an outperform vote while only 57.25% of users gave Phoenix Group an outperform vote.
Phoenix Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 607.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.02%. Given Phoenix Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Phoenix Group is more favorable than Standard Life Aberdeen.
Standard Life Aberdeen has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Phoenix Group's net margin of -2.10%. Standard Life Aberdeen's return on equity of 0.00% beat Phoenix Group's return on equity.
54.4% of Phoenix Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Phoenix Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Phoenix Group had 3 more articles in the media than Standard Life Aberdeen. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Phoenix Group and 0 mentions for Standard Life Aberdeen. Phoenix Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Standard Life Aberdeen's score of 0.00 indicating that Phoenix Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 53 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Standard Life Aberdeen pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share. Phoenix Group pays out -101.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Life Aberdeen pays out 0.6% 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. Phoenix Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Standard Life Aberdeen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phoenix Group. Phoenix Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Life Aberdeen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Phoenix Group beats Standard Life Aberdeen on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PHNX) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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