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.
Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) and Primerica (NYSE:PRI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Unum Group presently has a consensus target price of $86.62, indicating a potential upside of 5.79%. Primerica has a consensus target price of $309.86, indicating a potential upside of 6.93%. Given Primerica's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Primerica is more favorable than Unum Group.
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.
86.6% of Unum Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Primerica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Unum Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Primerica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Primerica pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Unum Group pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primerica pays out 30.3% 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 416 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 47.65% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Primerica had 6 more articles in the media than Unum Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Primerica and 10 mentions for Unum Group. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Primerica's score of 0.71 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unum Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primerica has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Primerica beats Unum Group on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PRI) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
