PFG vs. AFL, UNM, CNO, CME, MCO, EQIX, BN, APO, BMO, and BBVA
Should you be buying Principal Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Principal Financial Group include Aflac (AFL), Unum Group (UNM), CNO Financial Group (CNO), CME Group (CME), Moody's (MCO), Equinix (EQIX), Brookfield (BN), Apollo Global Management (APO), Bank of Montreal (BMO), and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Aflac (NYSE:AFL) and Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Aflac has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Principal Financial Group has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aflac has a net margin of 27.67% compared to Aflac's net margin of 8.70%. Principal Financial Group's return on equity of 16.88% beat Aflac's return on equity.
Aflac received 571 more outperform votes than Principal Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.27% of users gave Aflac an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Principal Financial Group an outperform vote.
Aflac has higher revenue and earnings than Principal Financial Group. Aflac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Principal Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Aflac had 10 more articles in the media than Principal Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Aflac and 5 mentions for Principal Financial Group. Aflac's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Principal Financial Group's score of 0.51 indicating that Principal Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aflac presently has a consensus target price of $82.38, indicating a potential downside of 7.06%. Principal Financial Group has a consensus target price of $80.30, indicating a potential downside of 1.62%. Given Aflac's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Principal Financial Group is more favorable than Aflac.
Aflac pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Principal Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Aflac pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Principal Financial Group pays out 52.7% 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. Aflac has increased its dividend for 43 consecutive years and Principal Financial Group has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
67.4% of Aflac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Aflac shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Aflac beats Principal Financial Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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