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$84.06 -3.50 (-3.99%)
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JXN vs. BHF, AMP, BN, EQH, LNC, MET, PFG, PRU, SF, and SYF

Should you be buying Jackson Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jackson Financial include Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Brookfield (BN), Equitable (EQH), Lincoln National (LNC), MetLife (MET), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Stifel Financial (SF), and Synchrony Financial (SYF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Jackson Financial vs. Its Competitors

Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) and Jackson Financial (NYSE:JXN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Jackson Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jackson Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brighthouse Financial$4.72B0.56$388M$8.345.54
Jackson Financial$3.27B1.84$946M$1.0381.62

Brighthouse Financial has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Jackson Financial's net margin of 1.73%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 25.60% beat Jackson Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brighthouse Financial8.71% 25.60% 0.54%
Jackson Financial 1.73%15.46%0.45%

Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jackson Financial has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Jackson Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Jackson Financial and 5 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Jackson Financial's score of 0.48 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brighthouse Financial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jackson Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Brighthouse Financial currently has a consensus price target of $60.30, indicating a potential upside of 30.58%. Jackson Financial has a consensus price target of $100.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.55%. Given Brighthouse Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Jackson Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brighthouse Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Jackson Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Jackson Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Jackson Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Brighthouse Financial beats Jackson Financial on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JXN vs. The Competition

MetricJackson FinancialINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.26B$14.22B$12.04B$20.68B
Dividend Yield3.65%3.64%5.62%3.67%
P/E Ratio81.6213.5919.7429.07
Price / Sales1.841.4825.9266.27
Price / Cash4.298.2821.3322.84
Price / Book0.651.332.094.43
Net Income$946M$1.16B$1.00B$994.22M
7 Day Performance-4.69%-3.05%-2.46%-3.35%
1 Month Performance-4.69%-2.67%-0.96%-2.06%
1 Year Performance10.41%8.80%537.06%10.15%

Jackson Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JXN
Jackson Financial
3.107 of 5 stars
$84.06
-4.0%
$100.50
+19.6%
-0.9%$6.26B$3.27B81.623,970Upcoming Earnings
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.7802 of 5 stars
$48.69
-3.0%
$60.30
+23.8%
-5.4%$2.88B$4.72B2.561,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.5152 of 5 stars
$518.10
-0.6%
$533.86
+3.0%
+19.9%$49.62B$17.26B16.1213,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BN
Brookfield
3.636 of 5 stars
$67.55
-0.1%
$66.13
-2.1%
+37.2%$111.45B$86.01B16.17250,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQH
Equitable
4.8554 of 5 stars
$52.30
-0.6%
$65.30
+24.9%
+19.2%$15.88B$12.44B8.958,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
LNC
Lincoln National
4.8901 of 5 stars
$35.07
+0.7%
$38.78
+10.6%
+8.3%$5.95B$18.44B4.989,783Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
MET
MetLife
4.9934 of 5 stars
$77.64
-1.2%
$96.09
+23.8%
-2.3%$52.74B$70.99B12.6245,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.4335 of 5 stars
$80.39
-0.8%
$86.30
+7.4%
-4.9%$18.17B$15.77B12.0319,300Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.7425 of 5 stars
$103.74
-1.4%
$121.75
+17.4%
-17.9%$37.24B$68.05B16.4438,196Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
SF
Stifel Financial
4.0919 of 5 stars
$111.78
-0.8%
$110.88
-0.8%
+29.1%$11.58B$4.97B21.379,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
SYF
Synchrony Financial
4.9233 of 5 stars
$72.87
0.0%
$74.17
+1.8%
+38.9%$27.12B$22.65B8.8420,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down

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