Principal Financial Group (PFG) Competitors $77.30 +2.12 (+2.82%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsTrends PFG vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, CRBG, RYAN, EG, EQH, AEG, and KNSLShould you be buying Principal Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Principal Financial Group include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Everest Group (EG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry. Principal Financial Group vs. Manulife Financial Sun Life Financial Willis Towers Watson Public Prudential Corebridge Financial Ryan Specialty Everest Group Equitable Aegon Kinsale Capital Group Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PFG or MFC? Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Principal Financial Group. Principal Financial 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 RatioPrincipal Financial Group$14.07B1.26$623.20M-$0.90-85.89Manulife Financial$48.71B1.08$4.05B$2.0714.65 Which has more volatility & risk, PFG or MFC? Principal Financial Group has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend PFG or MFC? Principal Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $84.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.64%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.64%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Principal Financial Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Principal Financial Group 4 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.92Manulife Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PFG or MFC? 75.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PFG or MFC? Manulife Financial received 456 more outperform votes than Principal Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 4.55% of users gave Principal Financial Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPrincipal Financial GroupOutperform Votes24.55%Underperform Votes4295.45% Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes45867.95% Underperform Votes21632.05% Is PFG or MFC more profitable? Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.79% compared to Principal Financial Group's net margin of -1.47%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 16.11% beat Principal Financial Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Principal Financial Group-1.47% 14.67% 0.52% Manulife Financial 9.79%16.11%0.77% Does the media refer more to PFG or MFC? In the previous week, Principal Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Principal Financial Group and 4 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Principal Financial Group's score of 1.10 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Principal Financial Group 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Manulife Financial 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Is PFG or MFC a better dividend stock? Principal Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Principal Financial Group pays out -324.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 57.0% 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. Principal Financial Group has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. SummaryManulife Financial beats Principal Financial Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad ProsperityPubCrypto’s hidden gem + greatest crypto bull run in history = $$$?You don’t actually want to buy Bitcoin this time around. 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Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PFG vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPrincipal Financial GroupAccident & health insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$17.20B$22.80B$11.01B$19.18BDividend Yield3.90%2.47%9.87%3.60%P/E Ratio-85.899.5228.5441.28Price / Sales1.261.6048.5217.60Price / Cash9.9411.0630.3621.28Price / Book1.681.932.745.32Net Income$623.20M$1.71B$1.03B$989.88M7 Day Performance-2.04%-1.91%-2.88%-3.54%1 Month Performance-8.84%-5.72%-2.87%-3.68%1 Year Performance-1.79%23.42%11.31%12.14% Principal Financial Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PFGPrincipal Financial Group3.7011 of 5 stars$77.30+2.8%$84.75+9.6%-1.4%$17.20B$14.07B-85.8919,800Analyst UpgradePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeMFCManulife Financial4.6578 of 5 stars$31.01+0.3%$37.50+20.9%+40.2%$54.33B$36.10B14.9440,000Positive NewsSLFSun Life Financial3.0524 of 5 stars$60.04-0.1%N/A+17.1%$34.57B$45.44B13.3630,941Positive NewsWTWWillis Towers Watson Public2.4661 of 5 stars$312.96+0.5%$321.80+2.8%+34.8%$31.52B$9.81B-42.7748,000Analyst UpgradePUKPrudential4.236 of 5 stars$16.21-1.1%N/A-27.5%$21.63B$19.50B8.1115,030Positive NewsCRBGCorebridge Financial4.5607 of 5 stars$30.77+0.3%$35.00+13.7%+37.3%$17.50B$14.89B-14.685,700Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastRYANRyan Specialty4.0768 of 5 stars$66.66-1.4%$73.50+10.3%+52.9%$17.45B$2.08B87.794,350Insider TradePositive NewsEGEverest Group4.7306 of 5 stars$359.55-0.9%$430.00+19.6%-0.1%$15.45B$14.59B5.682,844Positive NewsEQHEquitable2.1258 of 5 stars$47.35-0.3%$50.10+5.8%+38.8%$14.84B$10.99B-43.348,500Insider TradePositive NewsAEGAegon3.6026 of 5 stars$6.01-4.8%N/A+2.7%$13.25B$30.66B6.6820,634Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeKNSLKinsale Capital Group2.9791 of 5 stars$503.34-0.7%$472.00-6.2%+38.7%$11.72B$1.53B28.89561Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Manulife Financial Competitors Sun Life Financial Competitors Willis Towers Watson Public Competitors Prudential Competitors Corebridge Financial Competitors Ryan Specialty Competitors Everest Group Competitors Equitable Competitors Aegon Competitors Kinsale Capital Group Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:PFG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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