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Primerica (PRI) Competitors

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$294.65 -3.18 (-1.07%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Primerica has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Primerica has a net margin of 14.95% compared to Unum Group's net margin of 13.76%. Primerica's return on equity of 30.93% beat Unum Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Primerica14.95% 30.93% 4.34%
Unum Group 13.76%15.21%2.49%

Primerica pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Primerica pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unum Group pays out 18.2% 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. Primerica has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Unum Group has increased 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 presently has a consensus price target of $288.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.14%. Unum Group has a consensus price target of $67.73, indicating a potential downside of 6.75%. Given Primerica's higher probable 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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$2.82B3.49$576.60M$13.0922.51
Unum Group$12.39B1.07$1.28B$9.247.86

Primerica received 425 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.54% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 47.19% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PrimericaOutperform Votes
819
68.54%
Underperform Votes
376
31.46%
Unum GroupOutperform Votes
394
47.19%
Underperform Votes
441
52.81%

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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Unum Group had 11 more articles in the media than Primerica. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Unum Group and 14 mentions for Primerica. Primerica's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Unum Group's score of 0.96 indicating that Primerica is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Primerica
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Unum Group
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Primerica beats Unum Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PRI vs. The Competition

MetricPrimericaLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.94B$20.25B$10.42B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.21%2.88%10.14%3.50%
P/E Ratio22.518.6345.8635.66
Price / Sales3.491.323,479.1517.95
Price / Cash11.7621.9230.6917.98
Price / Book5.051.383.774.59
Net Income$576.60M$1.23B$1.02B$985.93M
7 Day Performance-0.73%0.17%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance6.39%1.27%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance40.82%18.60%24.11%24.67%

Primerica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRI
Primerica
4.6714 of 5 stars
$294.65
-1.1%
$288.33
-2.1%
+41.7%$9.94B$2.82B22.513,450Buyback Announcement
Positive News
UNM
Unum Group
4.8453 of 5 stars
$72.63
+0.8%
$67.73
-6.8%
+71.7%$13.16B$12.39B7.8610,812
LNC
Lincoln National
4.6591 of 5 stars
$34.26
+0.4%
$33.00
-3.7%
+44.8%$5.82B$11.65B24.4711,024Dividend Announcement
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.2229 of 5 stars
$38.83
-0.3%
$34.50
-11.2%
+51.7%$4.02B$4.15B15.663,500Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
CIA
Citizens
1.3103 of 5 stars
$4.64
+1.3%
N/A+34.1%$228.57M$240.68M10.79220Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
AFL
Aflac
4.555 of 5 stars
$110.24
-0.4%
$97.93
-11.2%
+35.8%$61.24B$18.70B16.6012,785Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MET
MetLife
4.9712 of 5 stars
$82.60
0.0%
$88.46
+7.1%
+32.1%$57.21B$66.91B16.6545,000
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9495 of 5 stars
$124.11
-0.4%
$125.69
+1.3%
+31.6%$44.36B$50.89B11.0340,658
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.161 of 5 stars
$60.84
+0.8%
N/A+19.7%$34.73B$30.20B13.5530,941Analyst Downgrade
PUK
Prudential
3.0644 of 5 stars
$16.03
+1.2%
N/A-32.0%$21.27B$19.50B0.0015,030Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.2082 of 5 stars
$30.64
+0.7%
$34.85
+13.7%
+55.8%$17.31B$21.21B0.005,700Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PRI) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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