The Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN) Competitors

Prudential (NYSE:PUK) and The Baldwin Insurance Group (NASDAQ:BWIN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PUK or BWIN?

Prudential received 444 more outperform votes than The Baldwin Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave The Baldwin Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prudential	Outperform Votes 452 61.83%	Underperform Votes 279 38.17%
The Baldwin Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 8 66.67%	Underperform Votes 4 33.33%

Is PUK or BWIN more profitable?

Prudential has a net margin of 0.00% compared to The Baldwin Insurance Group's net margin of -2.89%. The Baldwin Insurance Group's return on equity of 10.57% beat Prudential's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prudential	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Baldwin Insurance Group	-2.89%	10.57%	3.10%

Do analysts prefer PUK or BWIN?

The Baldwin Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $47.17, indicating a potential upside of 2.54%. Given The Baldwin Insurance Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Baldwin Insurance Group is more favorable than Prudential.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prudential	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
The Baldwin Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PUK or BWIN?

1.9% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, PUK or BWIN?

Prudential has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baldwin Insurance Group has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PUK or BWIN?

Prudential has higher revenue and earnings than The Baldwin Insurance Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prudential	$19.50B	1.10	$1.70B	N/A	N/A
The Baldwin Insurance Group	$1.22B	4.44	-$90.14M	-$0.64	-71.88

Does the media refer more to PUK or BWIN?

In the previous week, Prudential and Prudential both had 2 articles in the media. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat The Baldwin Insurance Group's score of 0.97 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Prudential	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Baldwin Insurance Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

The Baldwin Insurance Group beats Prudential on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.