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PRI vs. UNM, LNC, CNO, CIA, AFL, MET, PRU, SLF, PUK, and CRBG

Should you be buying Primerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primerica include Unum Group (UNM), Lincoln National (LNC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Citizens (CIA), Aflac (AFL), MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), and Corebridge Financial (CRBG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Primerica vs.

Primerica (NYSE:PRI) and Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

90.9% of Primerica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Primerica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Primerica has a net margin of 15.14% compared to Unum Group's net margin of 13.81%. Primerica's return on equity of 31.11% beat Unum Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Primerica15.14% 31.11% 4.50%
Unum Group 13.81%14.91%2.53%

In the previous week, Unum Group had 8 more articles in the media than Primerica. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Unum Group and 20 mentions for Primerica. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Primerica's score of 0.91 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Primerica
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Unum Group
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Primerica pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Primerica pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unum Group pays out 17.7% 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. Unum Group has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Unum Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Primerica received 412 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.99% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 47.79% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PrimericaOutperform Votes
822
67.99%
Underperform Votes
387
32.01%
Unum GroupOutperform Votes
410
47.79%
Underperform Votes
448
52.21%

Primerica has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Primerica currently has a consensus target price of $309.14, suggesting a potential upside of 21.02%. Unum Group has a consensus target price of $88.36, suggesting a potential upside of 16.94%. Given Primerica's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Primerica is more favorable than Unum Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Primerica
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Unum Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than Primerica. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Primerica$3.09B2.74$470.52M$13.7518.58
Unum Group$12.79B1.04$1.78B$9.477.98

Summary

Primerica and Unum Group tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRI vs. The Competition

MetricPrimericaLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.45B$20.03B$10.70B$18.32B
Dividend Yield1.67%3.33%6.02%4.23%
P/E Ratio18.587.7221.5530.99
Price / Sales2.741.2125.3426.11
Price / Cash11.059.7017.6117.53
Price / Book3.771.302.554.26
Net Income$470.52M$1.64B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.93%2.26%2.06%2.05%
1 Month Performance-12.17%-8.29%-4.10%-8.49%
1 Year Performance20.70%12.89%533.98%1.70%

Primerica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRI
Primerica
4.3 of 5 stars
$257.23
+0.8%
$309.14
+20.2%
+19.4%$8.51B$3.09B18.713,440Short Interest ↑
UNM
Unum Group
4.8549 of 5 stars
$77.16
+2.5%
$88.36
+14.5%
+50.0%$13.64B$12.79B8.1510,900Dividend Announcement
LNC
Lincoln National
4.897 of 5 stars
$30.16
+2.2%
$35.91
+19.1%
+10.2%$5.14B$17.99B1.6410,800
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.1161 of 5 stars
$38.19
+3.8%
$41.00
+7.4%
+49.0%$3.83B$4.45B10.213,350Positive News
CIA
Citizens
1.2227 of 5 stars
$4.24
+6.0%
N/A+115.9%$211.61M$245.00M9.86220Analyst Upgrade
AFL
Aflac
4.5309 of 5 stars
$109.08
+2.1%
$103.93
-4.7%
+33.6%$59.54B$19.13B11.3612,400Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9743 of 5 stars
$73.45
+2.9%
$92.46
+25.9%
+4.0%$50.04B$69.90B12.3045,000
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.7362 of 5 stars
$102.25
+3.5%
$122.77
+20.1%
-8.3%$36.24B$70.65B13.6939,900Analyst Forecast
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.0503 of 5 stars
$56.92
+2.6%
N/A+12.3%$32.49B$28.68B14.8229,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Down
PUK
Prudential
3.7657 of 5 stars
$20.27
+3.7%
N/A+17.3%$26.60B$8.14B8.7414,500Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.8341 of 5 stars
$27.56
+3.3%
$36.15
+31.2%
+1.9%$15.32B$19.06B7.297,700
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This page (NYSE:PRI) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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