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Primerica (PRI) Competitors

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$271.50 +4.66 (+1.75%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM 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.

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

Unum Group currently has a consensus price target of $72.09, suggesting a potential upside of 0.11%. Primerica has a consensus price target of $296.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.15%. Given Primerica's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Primerica is more favorable than Unum Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unum Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Primerica
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Unum Group has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primerica has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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
Unum Group13.76% 15.21% 2.49%
Primerica 14.95%30.93%4.34%

In the previous week, Primerica had 4 more articles in the media than Unum Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Primerica and 7 mentions for Unum Group. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Primerica's score of 0.47 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Unum Group$12.71B1.03$1.28B$9.247.79
Primerica$3.07B2.95$576.60M$13.0920.74

Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Primerica pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Unum Group pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primerica pays out 27.5% 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 increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Primerica has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Unum Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Primerica received 425 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.53% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 47.31% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Unum GroupOutperform Votes
396
47.31%
Underperform Votes
441
52.69%
PrimericaOutperform Votes
821
68.53%
Underperform Votes
377
31.47%

Summary

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

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PRI vs. The Competition

MetricPrimericaLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.06B$19.67B$10.99B$19.18B
Dividend Yield1.31%3.07%9.85%3.59%
P/E Ratio20.749.9828.5441.28
Price / Sales2.951.1948.6117.59
Price / Cash11.1021.9830.3421.28
Price / Book4.601.402.735.32
Net Income$576.60M$1.23B$1.03B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-3.44%-3.19%-2.89%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-8.72%-6.36%-2.86%-3.68%
1 Year Performance32.81%7.35%11.28%12.14%

Primerica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRI
Primerica
4.2801 of 5 stars
$271.50
+1.7%
$296.33
+9.1%
+34.8%$9.06B$3.07B20.743,450Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
UNM
Unum Group
4.6956 of 5 stars
$73.93
+0.1%
$70.64
-4.5%
+61.9%$13.50B$12.71B7.9510,812Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LNC
Lincoln National
4.7965 of 5 stars
$32.91
-0.1%
$33.25
+1.0%
+14.8%$5.61B$11.65B23.5411,024Positive News
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.2661 of 5 stars
$38.27
+0.6%
$35.80
-6.5%
+33.8%$3.95B$4.52B15.333,500Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CIA
Citizens
0.8434 of 5 stars
$4.27
+3.1%
N/A+39.4%$213.10M$248.38M9.63220
AFL
Aflac
4.0572 of 5 stars
$104.22
-0.3%
$98.73
-5.3%
+27.2%$57.90B$18.70B15.7412,785
MET
MetLife
4.9123 of 5 stars
$82.49
-0.6%
$88.62
+7.4%
+24.8%$57.12B$70.55B16.7345,000
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9315 of 5 stars
$120.52
+0.0%
$126.33
+4.8%
+14.9%$42.91B$50.89B10.7140,658
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.0524 of 5 stars
$60.07
-0.1%
N/A+17.1%$34.58B$45.44B13.3630,941Positive News
PUK
Prudential
4.236 of 5 stars
$16.23
-1.0%
N/A-27.5%$21.65B$19.50B8.1115,030Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5607 of 5 stars
$30.66
-0.1%
$35.00
+14.2%
+37.3%$17.44B$14.89B-14.685,700Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:PRI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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