Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE) Competitors

Prudential (NYSE:PUK) and Brookfield Reinsurance (NYSE:BNRE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PUK or BNRE?

1.9% of Prudential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PUK or BNRE?

In the previous week, Prudential had 15 more articles in the media than Brookfield Reinsurance. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Prudential and 0 mentions for Brookfield Reinsurance. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Brookfield Reinsurance's score of 0.84 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Prudential	Positive
Brookfield Reinsurance	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PUK or BNRE?

Prudential received 452 more outperform votes than Brookfield Reinsurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.50% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Brookfield Reinsurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prudential	Outperform Votes 452 61.50%	Underperform Votes 283 38.50%
Brookfield Reinsurance	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Do analysts rate PUK or BNRE?

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
Brookfield Reinsurance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PUK or BNRE a better dividend stock?

Prudential pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Brookfield Reinsurance pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Prudential pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Reinsurance pays out 110.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prudential is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, PUK or BNRE?

Prudential has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Reinsurance has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PUK or BNRE?

Prudential has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Reinsurance. Prudential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Reinsurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prudential	$8.29B	3.48	$1.70B	$2.32	9.46
Brookfield Reinsurance	$9.35B	0.84	$796M	$0.29	186.90

Is PUK or BNRE more profitable?

Brookfield Reinsurance has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Prudential's net margin of 0.00%. Brookfield Reinsurance's return on equity of 0.14% beat Prudential's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prudential	N/A	N/A	N/A
Brookfield Reinsurance	0.10%	0.14%	0.01%

Summary

Prudential beats Brookfield Reinsurance on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.