Voya Financial (VOYA) Competitors

Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) and Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is PFG or VOYA a better dividend stock?

Principal Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Voya Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Principal Financial Group pays out 44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Voya Financial pays out 29.4% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, PFG or VOYA?

Principal Financial Group has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PFG or VOYA?

75.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are owned by 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.

Do analysts prefer PFG or VOYA?

Principal Financial Group presently has a consensus price target of $85.92, suggesting a potential upside of 0.30%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $83.55, suggesting a potential upside of 19.71%. Given Voya Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Principal Financial Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Principal Financial Group	4 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Voya Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Is PFG or VOYA more profitable?

Principal Financial Group has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 8.29%. Principal Financial Group's return on equity of 14.68% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Principal Financial Group	9.74%	14.68%	0.52%
Voya Financial	8.29%	14.10%	0.51%

Does the media favor PFG or VOYA?

In the previous week, Principal Financial Group and Principal Financial Group both had 9 articles in the media. Principal Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Voya Financial's score of 1.17 indicating that Principal Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Principal Financial Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Voya Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PFG or VOYA?

Principal Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Voya Financial. Voya Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Principal Financial Group, 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
Principal Financial Group	$16.13B	1.20	$1.57B	$6.68	12.82
Voya Financial	$7.89B	0.84	$667M	$6.12	11.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PFG or VOYA?

Voya Financial received 609 more outperform votes than Principal Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.73% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 7.55% of users gave Principal Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Principal Financial Group	Outperform Votes 4 7.55%	Underperform Votes 49 92.45%
Voya Financial	Outperform Votes 613 67.73%	Underperform Votes 292 32.27%

Summary

Principal Financial Group beats Voya Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.