Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT) Competitors

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

Is BNT or PUK a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays out 112.5% 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 pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend BNT or PUK?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Prudential	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BNT or PUK?

Prudential received 452 more outperform votes than Brookfield Wealth Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	N/A	N/A
Prudential	Outperform Votes 452 61.50%	Underperform Votes 283 38.50%

Which has more risk & volatility, BNT or PUK?

Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BNT or PUK?

In the previous week, Prudential had 15 more articles in the media than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Prudential and 1 mentions for Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Brookfield Wealth Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Prudential's score of 0.73 indicating that Brookfield Wealth Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Prudential	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BNT or PUK more profitable?

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

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BNT or PUK?

20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Prudential shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BNT or PUK?

Prudential has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Prudential 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	$14.34B	0.56	$1.21B	$0.32	172.88
Prudential	$8.29B	3.40	$1.70B	$2.32	9.24

Summary

Prudential beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.