GNW vs. BHF, NWLI, AEL, LNC, FG, JXN, VOYA, PRI, NHI, and TCBI
Should you be buying Genworth Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genworth Financial include Brighthouse Financial (BHF), National Western Life Group (NWLI), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Lincoln National (LNC), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Jackson Financial (JXN), Voya Financial (VOYA), Primerica (PRI), National Health Investors (NHI), and Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) and Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Genworth Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Genworth Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Brighthouse Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Genworth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Brighthouse Financial and 4 mentions for Genworth Financial. Genworth Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Brighthouse Financial's score of 0.81 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Genworth Financial has a net margin of 1.24% compared to Genworth Financial's net margin of -38.05%. Genworth Financial's return on equity of 23.49% beat Brighthouse Financial's return on equity.
Brighthouse Financial presently has a consensus price target of $50.29, indicating a potential upside of 17.63%. Genworth Financial has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Genworth Financial's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Genworth Financial.
Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genworth Financial has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genworth Financial received 181 more outperform votes than Brighthouse Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote while only 50.28% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote.
Genworth Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genworth Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Genworth Financial beats Brighthouse Financial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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