Jackson Financial (JXN) Competitors

Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) and Jackson Financial (NYSE:JXN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is RYAN or JXN a better dividend stock?

Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Jackson Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Ryan Specialty pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jackson Financial pays out 27.9% 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. Jackson Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is RYAN or JXN more profitable?

Ryan Specialty has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Jackson Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.01% beat Jackson Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryan Specialty	9.14%	48.01%	6.33%
Jackson Financial	N/A	14.99%	0.43%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RYAN or JXN?

Ryan Specialty received 28 more outperform votes than Jackson Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.18% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote while only 16.39% of users gave Jackson Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryan Specialty	Outperform Votes 38 43.18%	Underperform Votes 50 56.82%
Jackson Financial	Outperform Votes 10 16.39%	Underperform Votes 51 83.61%

Which has more risk & volatility, RYAN or JXN?

Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jackson Financial has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RYAN or JXN?

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 6 more articles in the media than Jackson Financial. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 21 mentions for Jackson Financial. Ryan Specialty's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Jackson Financial's score of 0.55 indicating that Ryan Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryan Specialty	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Jackson Financial	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate RYAN or JXN?

Ryan Specialty presently has a consensus price target of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.92%. Jackson Financial has a consensus price target of $91.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.51%. Given Jackson Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jackson Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryan Specialty	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Jackson Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RYAN or JXN?

Jackson Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Jackson Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, 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
Ryan Specialty	$2.52B	7.51	$61.04M	$0.69	104.52
Jackson Financial	$3.09B	1.68	$934M	$11.45	6.26

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RYAN or JXN?

84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Jackson Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Jackson Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ryan Specialty beats Jackson Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.