Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Competitors

Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) and Kinsale Capital Group (NYSE:KNSL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Is BHF or KNSL more profitable?

Kinsale Capital Group has a net margin of 26.80% compared to Brighthouse Financial's net margin of -24.40%. Kinsale Capital Group's return on equity of 28.87% beat Brighthouse Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brighthouse Financial	-24.40%	23.54%	0.47%
Kinsale Capital Group	26.80%	28.87%	8.44%

Do analysts prefer BHF or KNSL?

Brighthouse Financial currently has a consensus target price of $51.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.47%. Kinsale Capital Group has a consensus target price of $468.89, suggesting a potential upside of 6.86%. Given Kinsale Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kinsale Capital Group is more favorable than Brighthouse Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brighthouse Financial	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
Kinsale Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BHF or KNSL?

Kinsale Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinsale Capital Group, 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
Brighthouse Financial	$4.12B	0.73	-$1.11B	-$20.33	-2.49
Kinsale Capital Group	$1.53B	6.69	$308.09M	$17.54	25.02

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BHF or KNSL?

81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Kinsale Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BHF or KNSL?

Brighthouse Financial received 47 more outperform votes than Kinsale Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.09% of users gave Kinsale Capital Group an outperform vote while only 49.46% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brighthouse Financial	Outperform Votes 363 49.46%	Underperform Votes 371 50.54%
Kinsale Capital Group	Outperform Votes 316 67.09%	Underperform Votes 155 32.91%

Which has more volatility & risk, BHF or KNSL?

Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinsale Capital Group has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BHF or KNSL?

In the previous week, Kinsale Capital Group had 1 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Kinsale Capital Group and 7 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Kinsale Capital Group's score of 0.58 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brighthouse Financial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kinsale Capital Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kinsale Capital Group beats Brighthouse Financial on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.