Phoenix Group (PHNX) Competitors

Prudential (LON:PRU) and Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Is PRU or PHNX a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PRU or PHNX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prudential	£10.94B	1.55	£877M	£0.24	2,618.33
Phoenix Group	£25.21B	0.20	-£533M	-£0.53	-944.34

Do analysts prefer PRU or PHNX?

Prudential presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,285, suggesting a potential upside of 104.49%. Phoenix Group has a consensus price target of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 15.88%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Prudential is more favorable than Phoenix Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prudential	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Phoenix Group	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Is PRU or PHNX more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prudential	8.01%	5.48%	1.23%
Phoenix Group	-2.03%	-14.74%	0.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRU or PHNX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prudential	Outperform Votes 1133 74.69%	Underperform Votes 384 25.31%
Phoenix Group	Outperform Votes 319 57.27%	Underperform Votes 238 42.73%

Does the media favor PRU or PHNX?

In the previous week, Prudential had 8 more articles in the media than Phoenix Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Prudential and 0 mentions for Phoenix Group. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Phoenix Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Prudential	Neutral
Phoenix Group	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, PRU or PHNX?

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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PRU or PHNX?

62.0% of Prudential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Phoenix Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Prudential shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Phoenix Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Prudential beats Phoenix Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.