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

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

Aegon vs.

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

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
Aegon$19.52B0.66-$193.73M$0.966.06
Manulife Financial$45.58B1.03$4.05B$2.0713.20

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Aegon. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Manulife Financial and 10 mentions for Aegon. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Aegon's score of 0.51 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Aegon pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 58.5% 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 received 86 more outperform votes than Aegon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 53.97% of users gave Aegon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AegonOutperform Votes
374
53.97%
Underperform Votes
319
46.03%
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
460
68.05%
Underperform Votes
216
31.95%

Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $45.50, indicating a potential upside of 66.51%. Given Manulife Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Aegon.

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

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

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
AegonN/A N/A N/A
Manulife Financial 10.08%15.98%0.76%

Aegon has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AEG vs. The Competition

MetricAegonLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.82B$19.32B$10.44B$17.96B
Dividend Yield4.78%3.18%5.81%4.05%
P/E Ratio6.067.5121.1330.23
Price / Sales0.661.1924.5226.07
Price / CashN/A9.7017.6117.54
Price / Book1.241.272.444.19
Net Income-$193.73M$1.64B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-7.45%-6.38%-3.68%-5.31%
1 Month Performance-3.13%-5.33%488.11%-8.57%
1 Year Performance-6.03%3.89%529.75%-3.72%

Aegon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEG
Aegon
3.2592 of 5 stars
$5.82
-3.1%
N/A-3.8%$12.82B$19.52B6.0622,300High Trading Volume
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.8969 of 5 stars
$27.41
-1.0%
$45.50
+66.0%
+18.2%$47.22B$45.58B13.2440,000Positive News
Gap Down
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.8704 of 5 stars
$53.80
-1.2%
N/A+4.6%$30.71B$28.68B14.0129,200News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
1.8806 of 5 stars
$301.01
-2.5%
$346.15
+15.0%
+18.8%$30.01B$9.93B-301.0146,600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
PUK
Prudential
4.0963 of 5 stars
$18.59
-3.3%
N/A+6.4%$24.46B$8.14B8.0114,500Positive News
Gap Down
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.485 of 5 stars
$68.47
-2.9%
$75.27
+9.9%
+35.5%$17.93B$2.52B99.233,850Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.3912 of 5 stars
$71.65
-1.8%
$86.57
+20.8%
-6.7%$16.16B$16.13B10.7319,300Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.8317 of 5 stars
$25.47
-1.0%
$37.00
+45.3%
+6.3%$14.16B$19.06B6.747,700Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
EG
Everest Group
4.711 of 5 stars
$326.46
-3.1%
$416.50
+27.6%
-6.2%$14.02B$17.08B10.392,430Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
EQH
Equitable
4.6636 of 5 stars
$44.84
-0.6%
$60.75
+35.5%
+31.9%$13.76B$12.44B11.748,200Analyst Forecast
Positive News
High Trading Volume
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
1.582 of 5 stars
$440.56
-4.0%
$468.56
+6.4%
+4.6%$10.25B$1.59B24.76470Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
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