BNT vs. SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, AEG, EG, and KNSL
Should you be buying Brookfield Wealth Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Wealth Solutions include Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Brookfield Wealth Solutions vs.
Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Sun Life Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Sun Life Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Wealth Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sun Life Financial had 19 more articles in the media than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Sun Life Financial and 4 mentions for Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Brookfield Wealth Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Sun Life Financial's score of 1.00 indicating that Brookfield Wealth Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sun Life Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Sun Life Financial pays out 67.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays out 100.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
52.3% of Sun Life Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sun Life Financial received 491 more outperform votes than Brookfield Wealth Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users.
Sun Life Financial has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sun Life Financial has a net margin of 8.08% compared to Brookfield Wealth Solutions' net margin of 0.10%. Sun Life Financial's return on equity of 16.86% beat Brookfield Wealth Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Sun Life Financial beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BNT) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
