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AEG vs. MFC, WTW, SLF, PUK, PFG, CRBG, RYAN, EQH, EG, and GL

Should you be buying Aegon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aegon include Manulife Financial (MFC), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), and Globe Life (GL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Aegon vs.

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Aegon (NYSE:AEG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 15 more articles in the media than Aegon. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Manulife Financial and 1 mentions for Aegon. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Aegon's score of 0.33 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aegon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aegon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aegon has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Aegon's net margin of 0.00%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Aegon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial10.08% 15.98% 0.76%
Aegon N/A N/A N/A

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Manulife Financial pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aegon pays out 31.3% 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. Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Aegon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Aegon. Aegon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial$45.58B1.11$4.05B$2.0714.12
Aegon$30.66B0.45-$193.73M$0.966.59

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus price target of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 55.66%. Given Manulife Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Aegon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Aegon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Manulife Financial received 87 more outperform votes than Aegon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 53.90% of users gave Aegon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
460
68.05%
Underperform Votes
216
31.95%
AegonOutperform Votes
373
53.90%
Underperform Votes
319
46.10%

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Aegon on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEG vs. The Competition

MetricAegonLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.91B$21.13B$11.25B$19.64B
Dividend Yield4.72%2.94%5.70%3.98%
P/E Ratio6.598.2724.1433.81
Price / Sales0.451.2925.4830.67
Price / CashN/A9.7017.7017.56
Price / Book1.351.382.494.64
Net Income-$193.73M$1.64B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.80%-1.78%-1.55%-2.10%
1 Month Performance-3.36%-1.47%-2.31%-3.78%
1 Year Performance9.05%10.52%11.22%6.30%

Aegon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEG
Aegon
3.5066 of 5 stars
$6.33
+0.2%
N/A+9.1%$13.91B$30.66B6.5922,300
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.8021 of 5 stars
$30.61
-1.8%
$45.50
+48.6%
+23.1%$52.75B$45.58B14.7940,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.1226 of 5 stars
$340.36
+0.2%
$342.08
+0.5%
+20.9%$33.93B$9.93B-340.3648,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.0586 of 5 stars
$55.89
+0.6%
N/A+1.2%$32.02B$28.68B14.5530,941
PUK
Prudential
3.6666 of 5 stars
$18.58
+1.0%
N/A-3.2%$24.50B$7.52B8.0115,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.7958 of 5 stars
$88.64
-0.4%
$85.92
-3.1%
+7.1%$19.99B$16.13B13.2719,800News Coverage
Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.9197 of 5 stars
$34.21
-1.4%
$37.29
+9.0%
+30.9%$19.02B$19.06B9.055,200Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
1.9578 of 5 stars
$69.38
-0.9%
$75.27
+8.5%
+27.6%$18.17B$2.52B100.554,350Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
EQH
Equitable
4.326 of 5 stars
$54.21
-1.5%
$57.17
+5.5%
+50.1%$16.69B$12.44B14.198,500Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.6039 of 5 stars
$356.21
+0.8%
$416.50
+16.9%
-1.1%$15.31B$17.28B11.342,844Positive News
GL
Globe Life
4.564 of 5 stars
$128.26
+0.7%
$135.60
+5.7%
+1.6%$10.75B$5.78B10.733,636
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This page (NYSE:AEG) was last updated on 3/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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