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Everest Group (EG) Competitors

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$389.00 +3.85 (+1.00%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

EG vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, 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), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, Everest Group had 1 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Everest Group and 17 mentions for Manulife Financial. Everest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.80 indicating that Everest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Everest Group
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 raised 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 54.29% of users gave Everest Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
458
67.95%
Underperform Votes
216
32.05%
Everest GroupOutperform Votes
19
54.29%
Underperform Votes
16
45.71%

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everest Group has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$48.71B1.17$4.05B$2.0715.69
Everest Group$16.10B1.04$2.52B$63.906.09

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%

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus price target of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.46%. Everest Group has a consensus price target of $434.10, indicating a potential upside of 11.59%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Everest Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Everest Group on 13 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$16.55B$46.67B$11.09B$20.17B
Dividend Yield2.12%6.19%10.17%3.50%
P/E Ratio6.0910.8044.4043.99
Price / Sales1.041.80219.3817.76
Price / Cash5.9319.5418.2021.29
Price / Book1.092.344.274.71
Net Income$2.52B$3.90B$1.02B$986.85M
7 Day Performance4.76%4.75%1.33%3.76%
1 Month Performance0.87%13.48%4.25%4.65%
1 Year Performance-4.66%62.51%26.53%27.72%

Everest Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EG
Everest Group
4.5753 of 5 stars
$389.00
+1.0%
$434.10
+11.6%
-4.7%$16.55B$16.10B6.092,844Analyst Revision
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.6171 of 5 stars
$32.48
-0.6%
$37.50
+15.5%
+70.5%$56.90B$48.71B15.6940,000
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.5298 of 5 stars
$61.18
-0.3%
N/A+20.0%$35.22B$45.44B13.6330,941Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.7638 of 5 stars
$314.40
+0.1%
$313.87
-0.2%
+28.6%$31.64B$9.48B0.0048,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PUK
Prudential
3.924 of 5 stars
$15.93
-0.8%
N/A-30.7%$21.50B$19.50B0.0015,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.2866 of 5 stars
$85.73
+1.2%
$85.92
+0.2%
+18.7%$19.61B$14.07B-95.2619,800Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.2739 of 5 stars
$73.52
+2.5%
$71.67
-2.5%
+61.0%$19.25B$2.08B95.484,350Analyst Forecast
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
3.6897 of 5 stars
$31.75
+0.9%
$34.85
+9.8%
+54.0%$18.06B$21.21B-15.195,700Positive News
EQH
Equitable
3.1757 of 5 stars
$47.62
+1.8%
$48.70
+2.3%
+63.3%$14.92B$10.99B-43.698,500Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
AEG
Aegon
3.3206 of 5 stars
$6.23
-0.5%
N/A+16.9%$13.73B$11.24B7.0120,634
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.3194 of 5 stars
$498.96
+1.8%
$456.88
-8.4%
+37.6%$11.62B$1.53B28.45561Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:EG) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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