FG vs. LNC, JXN, AEL, BHF, GNW, VOYA, PRI, GL, NWLI, and RGA
Should you be buying F&G Annuities & Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F&G Annuities & Life include Lincoln National (LNC), Jackson Financial (JXN), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Voya Financial (VOYA), Primerica (PRI), Globe Life (GL), National Western Life Group (NWLI), and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) and F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.
72.8% of Lincoln National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lincoln National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lincoln National has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
F&G Annuities & Life has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lincoln National. Lincoln National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F&G Annuities & Life, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lincoln National has a net margin of 11.31% compared to Lincoln National's net margin of 4.85%. F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity of 19.50% beat Lincoln National's return on equity.
Lincoln National received 342 more outperform votes than F&G Annuities & Life when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.68% of users gave F&G Annuities & Life an outperform vote while only 51.49% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lincoln National had 6 more articles in the media than F&G Annuities & Life. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Lincoln National and 21 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life. F&G Annuities & Life's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Lincoln National's score of 0.06 indicating that Lincoln National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lincoln National presently has a consensus price target of $28.40, suggesting a potential downside of 4.83%. F&G Annuities & Life has a consensus price target of $47.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.92%. Given Lincoln National's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe F&G Annuities & Life is more favorable than Lincoln National.
Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. F&G Annuities & Life pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lincoln National pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. F&G Annuities & Life pays out 42.9% 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. Lincoln National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Lincoln National beats F&G Annuities & Life on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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