Prudential Public (PUK) Competitors

Prudential Public (NYSE:PUK) and Chubb (NYSE:CB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, PUK or CB?

Prudential Public has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PUK or CB?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prudential Public	$16.66B	1.92	$2.29B	$2.32	10.67
Chubb	$55.75B	2.00	$9.27B	$20.78	13.36

Is PUK or CB more profitable?

Chubb has a net margin of 15.05% compared to Prudential Public's net margin of 0.00%. Chubb's return on equity of 12.37% beat Prudential Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Prudential Public	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chubb	15.05%	12.37%	3.43%

Do analysts prefer PUK or CB?

Chubb has a consensus target price of $307.13, suggesting a potential upside of 10.63%. Given Chubb's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chubb is more favorable than Prudential Public.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Prudential Public	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chubb	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PUK or CB?

1.9% of Prudential Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential Public shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Chubb shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PUK or CB?

In the previous week, Chubb had 30 more articles in the media than Prudential Public. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Chubb and 2 mentions for Prudential Public. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Prudential Public's score of 1.09 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Prudential Public	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chubb	21 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PUK or CB a better dividend stock?

Prudential Public pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Prudential Public pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 18.7% 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. Chubb has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Summary

Chubb beats Prudential Public on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.