AFL vs. PSA, TRV, SPG, O, MET, MFC, AIG, TFC, IBKR, and CM
Should you be buying Aflac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aflac include Public Storage (PSA), Travelers Companies (TRV), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), MetLife (MET), Manulife Financial (MFC), American International Group (AIG), Truist Financial (TFC), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Aflac (NYSE:AFL) and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
Aflac received 126 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.27% of users gave Aflac an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Public Storage had 2 more articles in the media than Aflac. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Public Storage and 17 mentions for Aflac. Aflac's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Public Storage's score of 0.57 indicating that Aflac is being referred to more favorably in the media.
67.4% of Aflac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Aflac shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Public Storage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aflac currently has a consensus target price of $82.38, suggesting a potential downside of 5.59%. Public Storage has a consensus target price of $304.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.67%. Given Public Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Aflac.
Aflac has higher revenue and earnings than Public Storage. Aflac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Public Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aflac pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Aflac pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Storage pays out 109.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Aflac has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.62% compared to Aflac's net margin of 27.67%. Public Storage's return on equity of 36.17% beat Aflac's return on equity.
Summary
Public Storage beats Aflac on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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