PRU vs. STAN, NWG, LGEN, AV, BARC, SMT, AIBG, ADM, LLOY, and PSH
Should you be buying Prudential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prudential include Standard Chartered (STAN), NatWest Group (NWG), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Barclays (BARC), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), AIB Group (AIBG), Admiral Group (ADM), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), and Pershing Square (PSH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Prudential (LON:PRU) and Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
Standard Chartered has a net margin of 20.85% compared to Prudential's net margin of 15.41%. Prudential's return on equity of 9.82% beat Standard Chartered's return on equity.
Standard Chartered has higher revenue and earnings than Prudential. Standard Chartered is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Prudential has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Standard Chartered has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Prudential received 277 more outperform votes than Standard Chartered when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.60% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Standard Chartered an outperform vote.
Prudential presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,522.50, indicating a potential upside of 101.34%. Standard Chartered has a consensus target price of GBX 951.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.00%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Prudential is more favorable than Standard Chartered.
In the previous week, Prudential had 1 more articles in the media than Standard Chartered. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Prudential and 19 mentions for Standard Chartered. Standard Chartered's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Prudential's score of 0.22 indicating that Standard Chartered is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Standard Chartered pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Prudential pays out 3,265.3% 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 Chartered pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standard Chartered is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
59.8% of Prudential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Standard Chartered shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Prudential shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Standard Chartered shares are held 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.
Summary
Prudential beats Standard Chartered on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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