Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT) Competitors

Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT) and Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WTW) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BNT or WTW?

Willis Towers Watson Public has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Willis Towers Watson Public 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	$10.69B	0.79	$796M	$0.31	187.23
Willis Towers Watson Public	$9.48B	3.41	$1.06B	-$7.28	-44.05

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

20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by company 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.

Is BNT or WTW a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays out 103.2% 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 -48.4% 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.

Do analysts prefer BNT or WTW?

Willis Towers Watson Public has a consensus price target of $333.64, indicating a potential upside of 4.05%. Given Willis Towers Watson Public's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Brookfield Wealth Solutions.

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
Willis Towers Watson Public	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media refer more to BNT or WTW?

In the previous week, Willis Towers Watson Public had 12 more articles in the media than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public and 0 mentions for Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Willis Towers Watson Public's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Brookfield Wealth Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Willis Towers Watson Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	Neutral
Willis Towers Watson Public	Positive

Is BNT or WTW more profitable?

Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a net margin of 0.11% compared to Willis Towers Watson Public's net margin of -7.36%. Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity of 18.57% beat Brookfield Wealth Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0.11%	0.15%	0.01%
Willis Towers Watson Public	-7.36%	18.57%	5.78%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BNT or WTW?

Willis Towers Watson Public received 45 more outperform votes than Brookfield Wealth Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	N/A	N/A
Willis Towers Watson Public	Outperform Votes 45 45.00%	Underperform Votes 55 55.00%

Which has more risk & volatility, BNT or WTW?

Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Willis Towers Watson Public beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.