OMU vs. SLA, PHNX, HSD, OML, PRU, ADM, PSH, ICP, SDR, and HL
Should you be buying Old Mutual stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Mutual include Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), Phoenix Group (PHNX), Hansard Global (HSD), Old Mutual (OML), Prudential (PRU), Admiral Group (ADM), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDR), and Hargreaves Lansdown (HL).
Old Mutual (LON:OMU) and Standard Life Aberdeen (LON:SLA) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Old Mutual had 2 more articles in the media than Standard Life Aberdeen. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Old Mutual and 0 mentions for Standard Life Aberdeen. Old Mutual's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Standard Life Aberdeen's score of 0.00 indicating that Old Mutual is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Old Mutual has a net margin of 7.11% compared to Standard Life Aberdeen's net margin of 0.00%. Old Mutual's return on equity of 12.85% beat Standard Life Aberdeen's return on equity.
Standard Life Aberdeen received 281 more outperform votes than Old Mutual when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.00% of users gave Standard Life Aberdeen an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Old Mutual an outperform vote.
48.8% of Old Mutual shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Old Mutual shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Old Mutual has higher revenue and earnings than Standard Life Aberdeen. Standard Life Aberdeen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Mutual, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old Mutual presently has a consensus target price of GBX 59, indicating a potential upside of 23.43%. Given Old Mutual's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Old Mutual is more favorable than Standard Life Aberdeen.
Old Mutual pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Standard Life Aberdeen pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Old Mutual pays out 5,714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standard Life Aberdeen pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Old Mutual beats Standard Life Aberdeen on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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