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Everest Group (EG) Competitors

$359.35 +2.71 (+0.76%)
(As of 05:45 PM ET)

EG vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, CRBG, RYAN, EQH, AEG, and KNSL

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

Everest Group vs.

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Everest Group (NYSE:EG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Everest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Everest Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everest Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Manulife Financial presently has a consensus target price of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.01%. Everest Group has a consensus target price of $430.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.01%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Everest Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Everest Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Manulife Financial pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Everest Group pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Manulife Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Manulife Financial received 439 more outperform votes than Everest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 51.35% of users gave Everest Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
458
67.95%
Underperform Votes
216
32.05%
Everest GroupOutperform Votes
19
51.35%
Underperform Votes
18
48.65%

In the previous week, Everest Group had 1 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Everest Group and 3 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Everest Group's score of 0.83 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Everest Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial$36.10B1.47$4.05B$2.0714.61
Everest Group$16.10B0.95$2.52B$63.905.56

Everest Group has a net margin of 16.99% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.79%. Everest Group's return on equity of 22.45% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial9.79% 16.11% 0.77%
Everest Group 16.99%22.45%6.06%

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Everest Group on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EG vs. The Competition

MetricEverest GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.27B$43.31B$11.34B$19.10B
Dividend Yield2.29%7.33%5.68%3.65%
P/E Ratio5.5610.3224.9540.98
Price / Sales0.951.5026.4817.50
Price / Cash5.8019.5618.5121.28
Price / Book1.172.252.615.29
Net Income$2.52B$3.90B$1.04B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-0.66%-3.19%-3.16%-3.56%
1 Month Performance-8.65%-6.51%-3.83%-5.11%
1 Year Performance0.48%50.75%10.68%11.06%

Everest Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EG
Everest Group
4.7109 of 5 stars
$359.35
+0.8%
$430.00
+19.7%
+0.8%$15.44B$16.10B5.622,844
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.6576 of 5 stars
$30.53
+0.7%
$37.50
+22.8%
+38.5%$53.48B$36.10B14.7540,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.0119 of 5 stars
$58.94
+0.0%
N/A+15.8%$33.93B$45.44B13.1330,941Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.4596 of 5 stars
$314.05
-1.1%
$326.33
+3.9%
+32.3%$31.63B$9.81B-43.1448,000Analyst Upgrade
PUK
Prudential
4.1966 of 5 stars
$15.86
+0.7%
N/A-28.7%$21.16B$7.52B7.8515,030
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.5245 of 5 stars
$77.13
-0.2%
$84.75
+9.9%
-2.0%$17.64B$14.07B-85.7019,800
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5715 of 5 stars
$29.55
-0.4%
$35.08
+18.7%
+37.5%$16.81B$14.89B-14.145,700
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.0534 of 5 stars
$63.73
-0.4%
$73.50
+15.3%
+52.0%$16.69B$2.39B82.774,350Insider Trade
EQH
Equitable
2.2818 of 5 stars
$46.97
+1.0%
$50.10
+6.7%
+40.1%$14.72B$10.99B-43.098,500Positive News
AEG
Aegon
3.4326 of 5 stars
$5.82
+0.2%
N/A+1.7%$12.83B$30.66B6.4720,634Gap Down
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
2.6115 of 5 stars
$465.76
-0.1%
$472.00
+1.3%
+40.1%$10.85B$1.53B26.55561Positive News

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This page (NYSE:EG) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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