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Ryan Specialty (RYAN) Competitors

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$73.52 +1.79 (+2.50%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

RYAN vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, PFG, CRBG, EG, EQH, AEG, and KNSL

Should you be buying Ryan Specialty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ryan Specialty include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Everest Group (EG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Ryan Specialty vs.

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ryan Specialty has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.79%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 47.90% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial9.79% 16.11% 0.77%
Ryan Specialty 10.31%47.90%6.36%

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Ryan Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Manulife Financial and 7 mentions for Ryan Specialty. Ryan Specialty's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.80 indicating that Ryan Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ryan Specialty
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Manulife Financial$48.71B1.17$4.05B$2.0715.69
Ryan Specialty$2.08B9.27$61.04M$0.7795.48

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus target price of $37.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.46%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus target price of $71.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.52%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ryan Specialty
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Manulife Financial pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 57.1% 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. Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Manulife Financial received 427 more outperform votes than Ryan Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 40.26% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
458
67.95%
Underperform Votes
216
32.05%
Ryan SpecialtyOutperform Votes
31
40.26%
Underperform Votes
46
59.74%

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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RYAN vs. The Competition

MetricRyan SpecialtyInsurance agents, brokers, & service IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.25B$19.31B$10.84B$20.16B
Dividend Yield0.63%2.90%10.21%3.50%
P/E Ratio95.4829.7846.5644.50
Price / Sales9.278.51313.3317.75
Price / Cash28.1233.5030.5821.28
Price / Book17.46103.984.184.71
Net Income$61.04M$858.71M$1.02B$986.85M
7 Day Performance3.64%2.40%1.26%3.73%
1 Month Performance8.02%2.04%3.91%3.70%
1 Year Performance60.98%17.06%25.90%27.73%

Ryan Specialty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.2739 of 5 stars
$73.52
+2.5%
$71.67
-2.5%
+61.0%$19.25B$2.08B95.484,350Analyst Forecast
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.6171 of 5 stars
$32.68
+1.6%
$37.50
+14.7%
+70.5%$57.25B$36.10B15.7940,000
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.3642 of 5 stars
$61.37
+0.9%
N/A+20.0%$35.01B$45.44B13.6730,941Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.7638 of 5 stars
$315.15
+2.1%
$313.87
-0.4%
+28.6%$30.98B$9.48B0.0048,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PUK
Prudential
3.924 of 5 stars
$16.06
+0.1%
N/A-30.7%$21.56B$19.50B0.0015,030Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.2839 of 5 stars
$84.80
+0.8%
$85.92
+1.3%
+18.7%$19.40B$13.67B-94.2219,800Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
3.6897 of 5 stars
$31.47
+2.7%
$34.85
+10.7%
+54.0%$17.90B$21.21B-15.065,700Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.5753 of 5 stars
$385.65
+2.3%
$434.10
+12.6%
-4.7%$16.58B$14.59B6.042,844Analyst Revision
EQH
Equitable
3.1757 of 5 stars
$46.80
+0.1%
$48.70
+4.1%
+63.3%$14.66B$10.53B-42.948,500Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
AEG
Aegon
3.3206 of 5 stars
$6.25
+0.2%
N/A+16.9%$13.78B$11.24B0.0020,634
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.3194 of 5 stars
$491.58
+2.8%
$456.88
-7.1%
+37.6%$11.45B$1.22B28.03561Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:RYAN) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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