PRU vs. MET, MFC, SLF, PUK, CRBG, AEG, RGA, AMP, LYG, and BCS
Should you be buying Prudential Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prudential Financial include MetLife (MET), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Prudential (PUK), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Aegon (AEG), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), and Barclays (BCS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
MetLife (NYSE:MET) and Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, MetLife had 1 more articles in the media than Prudential Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MetLife and 11 mentions for Prudential Financial. MetLife's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Prudential Financial's score of 0.41 indicating that Prudential Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MetLife has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential Financial has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MetLife presently has a consensus price target of $78.85, indicating a potential upside of 6.23%. Prudential Financial has a consensus price target of $111.08, indicating a potential downside of 8.43%. Given Prudential Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe MetLife is more favorable than Prudential Financial.
MetLife pays an annual dividend of $2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Prudential Financial pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. MetLife pays out 74.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential Financial pays out 88.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MetLife has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Prudential Financial has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Prudential Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
MetLife received 77 more outperform votes than Prudential Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.51% of users gave MetLife an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave Prudential Financial an outperform vote.
Prudential Financial has a net margin of 3.76% compared to Prudential Financial's net margin of 3.50%. Prudential Financial's return on equity of 20.39% beat MetLife's return on equity.
Prudential Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MetLife. Prudential Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MetLife, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.8% of MetLife shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Prudential Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of MetLife shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Prudential Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
MetLife beats Prudential Financial on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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