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Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE) Competitors

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$63.84 +0.78 (+1.24%)
As of 07/14/2025

BNRE vs. SLF, PUK, WTW, CRBG, PFG, RYAN, EQH, AEG, BNT, and EG

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

Brookfield Reinsurance vs. Its Competitors

Brookfield Reinsurance (NYSE:BNRE) and Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Sun Life Financial has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Brookfield Reinsurance's net margin of 0.10%. Sun Life Financial's return on equity of 17.33% beat Brookfield Reinsurance's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brookfield Reinsurance0.10% 0.14% 0.01%
Sun Life Financial 7.47%17.33%1.12%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Reinsurance$9.35B0.99$796M$0.29220.14
Sun Life Financial$28.32B1.24$2.31B$3.9315.79

Brookfield Reinsurance has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Life Financial has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sun Life Financial has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.80%. Given Sun Life Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Life Financial is more favorable than Brookfield Reinsurance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brookfield Reinsurance
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Sun Life Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, Sun Life Financial had 13 more articles in the media than Brookfield Reinsurance. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sun Life Financial and 0 mentions for Brookfield Reinsurance. Sun Life Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Brookfield Reinsurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Sun Life Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Reinsurance Neutral
Sun Life Financial Positive

Brookfield Reinsurance pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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. Sun Life Financial pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sun Life Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Sun Life Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

7.2% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Sun Life Financial beats Brookfield Reinsurance on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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BNRE vs. The Competition

MetricBrookfield ReinsuranceInsurance carriers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.29B$3.33B$12.10B$20.82B
Dividend Yield0.68%9.44%5.55%3.65%
P/E Ratio220.1573.3818.9927.17
Price / Sales0.990.3626.5047.97
Price / Cash133.51133.5121.6222.28
Price / Book1.030.762.274.56
Net Income$796M$214.63M$997.60M$995.22M
7 Day Performance1.77%1.77%-0.69%-1.16%
1 Month Performance10.75%10.75%2.92%3.18%
1 Year Performance35.28%35.35%540.23%6.83%

Brookfield Reinsurance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNRE
Brookfield Reinsurance
N/A$63.84
+1.2%
N/A+38.2%$9.29B$9.35B220.1560High Trading Volume
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.7914 of 5 stars
$62.75
-4.1%
$88.00
+40.2%
+23.0%$36.86B$28.32B15.9731,768Analyst Revision
PUK
Prudential Public
3.7921 of 5 stars
$24.25
-2.5%
N/A+32.7%$32.27B$16.66B10.4515,412Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.1364 of 5 stars
$305.30
-0.4%
$355.20
+16.3%
+15.6%$30.40B$9.81B-610.5948,900
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5738 of 5 stars
$35.09
-1.9%
$38.64
+10.1%
+14.8%$19.67B$19.58B29.745,200Analyst Downgrade
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.2968 of 5 stars
$80.19
-1.0%
N/AN/A$18.16B$15.77B17.1719,700
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.8248 of 5 stars
$66.38
-0.6%
$75.25
+13.4%
+12.0%$17.53B$2.52B195.245,250Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
4.4166 of 5 stars
$54.62
-1.9%
$62.64
+14.7%
+20.8%$16.92B$12.44B14.848,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEG
Aegon
4.5321 of 5 stars
$7.09
-2.6%
N/A+10.2%$16.05B$19.52B7.3923,123
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$63.00
-1.8%
N/AN/A$15.43B$14.10B190.915,000Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.8512 of 5 stars
$334.04
-1.0%
$400.67
+19.9%
-16.6%$14.35B$17.28B17.183,037Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BNRE) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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