Genworth Financial (GNW) Competitors

Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) and Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Does the media refer more to GNW or AIZ?

In the previous week, Assurant had 10 more articles in the media than Genworth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Assurant and 11 mentions for Genworth Financial. Assurant's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Genworth Financial's score of 0.20 indicating that Assurant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genworth Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Assurant	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GNW or AIZ?

81.9% of Genworth Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Assurant shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Genworth Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Assurant shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GNW or AIZ more profitable?

Assurant has a net margin of 6.40% compared to Genworth Financial's net margin of 4.10%. Assurant's return on equity of 17.25% beat Genworth Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genworth Financial	4.10%	2.96%	0.31%
Assurant	6.40%	17.25%	2.55%

Do analysts prefer GNW or AIZ?

Genworth Financial presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.12%. Assurant has a consensus price target of $234.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.24%. Given Assurant's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Assurant is more favorable than Genworth Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genworth Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Assurant	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility & risk, GNW or AIZ?

Genworth Financial has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Assurant has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GNW or AIZ?

Genworth Financial received 247 more outperform votes than Assurant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.99% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote while only 57.45% of users gave Assurant an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genworth Financial	Outperform Votes 544 60.99%	Underperform Votes 348 39.01%
Assurant	Outperform Votes 297 57.45%	Underperform Votes 220 42.55%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GNW or AIZ?

Assurant has higher revenue and earnings than Genworth Financial. Genworth Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assurant, 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
Genworth Financial	$7.30B	0.38	$76M	$0.68	9.61
Assurant	$11.88B	0.86	$760.20M	$14.47	13.80

Summary

Assurant beats Genworth Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.