AEG vs. CRBG, RGA, PRI, GL, VOYA, PUK, JXN, LNC, FG, and AEL
Should you be buying Aegon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aegon include Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Primerica (PRI), Globe Life (GL), Voya Financial (VOYA), Prudential (PUK), Jackson Financial (JXN), Lincoln National (LNC), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), and American Equity Investment Life (AEL). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Corebridge Financial (NYSE:CRBG) and Aegon (NYSE:AEG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Corebridge Financial has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aegon has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Corebridge Financial has a net margin of 5.92% compared to Corebridge Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Aegon's return on equity of 23.11% beat Corebridge Financial's return on equity.
98.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aegon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aegon received 344 more outperform votes than Corebridge Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Corebridge Financial an outperform vote while only 54.07% of users gave Aegon an outperform vote.
Corebridge Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Corebridge Financial pays out 54.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aegon has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Aegon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Corebridge Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Aegon.
In the previous week, Aegon had 9 more articles in the media than Corebridge Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Aegon and 3 mentions for Corebridge Financial. Aegon's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Corebridge Financial's score of 0.22 indicating that Corebridge Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Corebridge Financial presently has a consensus price target of $29.08, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Aegon's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Corebridge Financial is more favorable than Aegon.
Summary
Corebridge Financial beats Aegon on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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