SLQT vs. BHF, HGTY, PLMR, OSCR, NMIH, CS, ALHC, LMND, SPNT, and CLOV
Should you be buying SelectQuote stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SelectQuote include Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Hagerty (HGTY), Palomar (PLMR), Oscar Health (OSCR), NMI (NMIH), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Lemonade (LMND), SiriusPoint (SPNT), and Clover Health Investments (CLOV). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
SelectQuote vs.
Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) and SelectQuote (NYSE:SLQT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Brighthouse Financial had 5 more articles in the media than SelectQuote. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Brighthouse Financial and 5 mentions for SelectQuote. SelectQuote's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Brighthouse Financial's score of 0.68 indicating that SelectQuote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SelectQuote has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brighthouse Financial received 332 more outperform votes than SelectQuote when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.19% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote while only 46.38% of users gave SelectQuote an outperform vote.
Brighthouse Financial has a net margin of 8.21% compared to SelectQuote's net margin of -0.95%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 26.94% beat SelectQuote's return on equity.
Brighthouse Financial has higher revenue and earnings than SelectQuote. SelectQuote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brighthouse Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of SelectQuote shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of SelectQuote shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Brighthouse Financial currently has a consensus target price of $61.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. SelectQuote has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.42%. Given Brighthouse Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than SelectQuote.
Summary
Brighthouse Financial beats SelectQuote on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SLQT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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