FG vs. EQH, AEG, BNT, EG, KNSL, GL, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, and ESNT
Should you be buying F&G Annuities & Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F&G Annuities & Life include Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Everest Group (EG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Globe Life (GL), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), and Essent Group (ESNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
F&G Annuities & Life vs. Its Competitors
F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) and Equitable (NYSE:EQH) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
F&G Annuities & Life pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Equitable pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. F&G Annuities & Life pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equitable pays out 29.3% 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. F&G Annuities & Life has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Equitable has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. F&G Annuities & Life is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Equitable shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Equitable shares are owned by 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.
F&G Annuities & Life has a net margin of 9.90% compared to Equitable's net margin of 8.50%. Equitable's return on equity of 79.05% beat F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity.
F&G Annuities & Life currently has a consensus target price of $43.33, indicating a potential upside of 37.30%. Equitable has a consensus target price of $63.55, indicating a potential upside of 15.85%. Given F&G Annuities & Life's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe F&G Annuities & Life is more favorable than Equitable.
F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equitable has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equitable has higher revenue and earnings than F&G Annuities & Life. F&G Annuities & Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equitable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Equitable had 5 more articles in the media than F&G Annuities & Life. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Equitable and 6 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life. Equitable's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat F&G Annuities & Life's score of 0.38 indicating that Equitable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Equitable beats F&G Annuities & Life on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FG) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
