AEL vs. GNW, BHF, UNM, PRI, LNC, CNO, NWLI, CIA, MET, and AFL
Should you be buying American Equity Investment Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Equity Investment Life include Genworth Financial (GNW), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), Lincoln National (LNC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Citizens (CIA), MetLife (MET), and Aflac (AFL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) and American Equity Investment Life (NYSE:AEL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Genworth Financial has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Equity Investment Life has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
81.9% of Genworth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of American Equity Investment Life shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Genworth Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of American Equity Investment Life shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Genworth Financial currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.46%. American Equity Investment Life has a consensus target price of $55.33, suggesting a potential downside of 2.01%. Given American Equity Investment Life's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Genworth Financial is more favorable than American Equity Investment Life.
American Equity Investment Life has a net margin of 7.42% compared to American Equity Investment Life's net margin of 1.24%. Genworth Financial's return on equity of 25.15% beat American Equity Investment Life's return on equity.
Genworth Financial received 114 more outperform votes than American Equity Investment Life when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave American Equity Investment Life an outperform vote.
American Equity Investment Life has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genworth Financial. American Equity Investment Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genworth Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Genworth Financial had 5 more articles in the media than American Equity Investment Life. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Genworth Financial and 1 mentions for American Equity Investment Life. American Equity Investment Life's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Genworth Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Genworth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Genworth Financial and American Equity Investment Life tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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