PRI vs. LNC, AEL, VOYA, JXN, FG, GNW, BHF, RGA, AEG, and CRBG
Should you be buying Primerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primerica include Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Genworth Financial (GNW), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Aegon (AEG), and Corebridge Financial (CRBG). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Primerica (NYSE:PRI) and Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Lincoln National had 16 more articles in the media than Primerica. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Lincoln National and 11 mentions for Primerica. Primerica's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Lincoln National's score of 0.50 indicating that Primerica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.9% of Primerica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.8% of Lincoln National shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Primerica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Lincoln National shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Primerica currently has a consensus price target of $245.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.06%. Lincoln National has a consensus price target of $29.90, indicating a potential downside of 7.97%. Given Primerica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Primerica is more favorable than Lincoln National.
Primerica has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lincoln National. Lincoln National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Primerica has a net margin of 20.44% compared to Lincoln National's net margin of 11.31%. Primerica's return on equity of 27.35% beat Lincoln National's return on equity.
Primerica pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Primerica pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lincoln National pays out 24.6% 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.
Primerica received 327 more outperform votes than Lincoln National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote.
Primerica has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lincoln National has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Primerica beats Lincoln National on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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