BNRE vs. WTW, PUK, PFG, CRBG, RYAN, EQH, AEG, EG, KNSL, and GL
Should you be buying Brookfield Reinsurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Reinsurance include Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), and Globe Life (GL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Brookfield Reinsurance vs.
Brookfield Reinsurance (NYSE:BNRE) and Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Willis Towers Watson Public had 21 more articles in the media than Brookfield Reinsurance. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public and 0 mentions for Brookfield Reinsurance. Willis Towers Watson Public's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Brookfield Reinsurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Willis Towers Watson Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brookfield Reinsurance has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Willis Towers Watson Public's net margin of -0.99%. Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity of 20.02% beat Brookfield Reinsurance's return on equity.
Willis Towers Watson Public received 45 more outperform votes than Brookfield Reinsurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.00% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Brookfield Reinsurance an outperform vote.
Brookfield Reinsurance has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a consensus target price of $342.08, indicating a potential upside of 4.95%. Given Willis Towers Watson Public's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Brookfield Reinsurance.
7.2% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public 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.
Brookfield Reinsurance pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out -352.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Willis Towers Watson Public is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brookfield Reinsurance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Reinsurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Willis Towers Watson Public beats Brookfield Reinsurance on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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