Voya Financial (VOYA) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RYAN or VOYA?

Voya Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Voya 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ryan Specialty	$2.52B	7.61	$61.04M	$0.69	105.91
Voya Financial	$7.89B	0.70	$667M	$6.12	9.42

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RYAN or VOYA?

84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer RYAN or VOYA?

Ryan Specialty presently has a consensus price target of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 3.55%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $80.92, indicating a potential upside of 40.35%. Given Voya Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryan Specialty	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Voya Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Is RYAN or VOYA a better dividend stock?

Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Voya Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ryan Specialty pays out 69.6% 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. Voya Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to RYAN or VOYA?

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 2 more articles in the media than Voya Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 22 mentions for Voya Financial. Ryan Specialty's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Voya Financial's score of 0.63 indicating that Ryan Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryan Specialty	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Voya Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RYAN or VOYA more profitable?

Ryan Specialty has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 8.29%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.01% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryan Specialty	9.14%	48.01%	6.33%
Voya Financial	8.29%	14.10%	0.51%

Which has more volatility & risk, RYAN or VOYA?

Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RYAN or VOYA?

Voya Financial received 577 more outperform votes than Ryan Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.51% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 43.18% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryan Specialty	Outperform Votes 38 43.18%	Underperform Votes 50 56.82%
Voya Financial	Outperform Votes 615 67.51%	Underperform Votes 296 32.49%

Summary

Voya Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.