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AEG vs. BHF, AIG, AMP, DB, EQH, MET, PFG, PRU, SF, and UBS

Should you be buying Aegon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aegon include Brighthouse Financial (BHF), American International Group (AIG), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), Equitable (EQH), MetLife (MET), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stifel Financial (SF), and UBS Group (UBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Aegon vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Aegon had 6 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Aegon and 5 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Aegon's score of 0.32 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
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Aegon
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aegon has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brighthouse Financial$4.72B0.57$388M$8.345.61
Aegon$10.65B1.34$744.48M$0.967.43

Brighthouse Financial has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Aegon's net margin of 0.00%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 25.60% beat Aegon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brighthouse Financial8.71% 25.60% 0.54%
Aegon N/A N/A N/A

Brighthouse Financial presently has a consensus price target of $60.30, suggesting a potential upside of 28.87%. Given Brighthouse Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Aegon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brighthouse Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Aegon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aegon shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Brighthouse Financial and Aegon tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AEG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AEG vs. The Competition

MetricAegonINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.12B$20.44B$12.10B$20.68B
Dividend Yield5.30%2.98%5.65%3.68%
P/E Ratio7.4312.8419.8929.31
Price / Sales1.342.0826.1464.11
Price / Cash19.8616.7221.3123.31
Price / Book1.422.012.124.40
Net Income$744.48M$1.62B$1.00B$995.90M
7 Day Performance0.71%1.66%0.36%0.27%
1 Month Performance-2.06%-1.03%0.13%0.39%
1 Year Performance21.78%22.47%544.27%15.57%

Aegon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEG
Aegon
3.929 of 5 stars
$7.13
+1.3%
N/A+22.0%$14.12B$10.65B7.4323,123
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.8077 of 5 stars
$48.69
-3.0%
$60.30
+23.8%
+7.7%$2.88B$4.72B5.841,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AIG
American International Group
4.5568 of 5 stars
$79.20
-1.1%
$88.19
+11.3%
+11.9%$46.16B$27.25B-29.7722,200Positive News
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.5665 of 5 stars
$518.10
-0.6%
$533.86
+3.0%
+29.0%$49.62B$17.26B16.1213,600Positive News
DB
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
2.6377 of 5 stars
$32.60
-2.6%
N/A+139.7%$66.69B$71.84B12.4089,753Short Interest ↑
EQH
Equitable
4.8593 of 5 stars
$52.30
-0.6%
$65.30
+24.9%
+37.2%$15.88B$12.44B14.218,000Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9919 of 5 stars
$77.64
-1.2%
$96.09
+23.8%
+10.3%$52.74B$70.99B12.6245,000Trending News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.3282 of 5 stars
$80.39
-0.8%
$86.30
+7.4%
+4.4%$18.17B$15.77B12.0319,300Analyst Forecast
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.8461 of 5 stars
$103.74
-1.4%
$121.75
+17.4%
-2.2%$37.24B$68.05B16.4438,196Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
SF
Stifel Financial
4.2048 of 5 stars
$111.78
-0.8%
$110.88
-0.8%
+42.2%$11.58B$4.97B21.379,000Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
UBS
UBS Group
3.8096 of 5 stars
$37.77
-1.7%
N/A+34.2%$123.16B$84.56B25.01108,648Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade

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