PHNX vs. PRU, SLA, OMU, HSD, OML, LGEN, AV, SMT, AIBG, and ADM
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), Hansard Global (HSD), Old Mutual (OML), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), AIB Group (AIBG), and Admiral Group (ADM).
Phoenix Group vs.
Prudential (LON:PRU) and Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 53 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. 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 pays out -10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phoenix Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Prudential has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phoenix Group has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Prudential has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Phoenix Group had 3 more articles in the media than Prudential. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Phoenix Group and 5 mentions for Prudential. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Phoenix Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Prudential presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,285, suggesting a potential upside of 104.23%. Phoenix Group has a consensus target price of GBX 566.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.94%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Prudential is more favorable than Phoenix Group.
62.0% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Prudential shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Prudential beats Phoenix Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PHNX) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
