LNC vs. AEL, PRI, NWLI, FG, JXN, BHF, GNW, VOYA, GL, and RGA
Should you be buying Lincoln National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln National include American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Primerica (PRI), National Western Life Group (NWLI), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Jackson Financial (JXN), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Voya Financial (VOYA), Globe Life (GL), and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) and American Equity Investment Life (NYSE:AEL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
72.8% of Lincoln National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of American Equity Investment Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lincoln National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of American Equity Investment Life shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lincoln National has a net margin of 11.31% compared to American Equity Investment Life's net margin of 7.42%. American Equity Investment Life's return on equity of 25.15% beat Lincoln National's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lincoln National had 21 more articles in the media than American Equity Investment Life. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Lincoln National and 9 mentions for American Equity Investment Life. American Equity Investment Life's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Lincoln National's score of 0.03 indicating that American Equity Investment Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Equity Investment Life has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lincoln National. Lincoln National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Equity Investment Life, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. American Equity Investment Life pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Lincoln National pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Equity Investment Life pays out 17.8% 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 has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Equity Investment Life has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lincoln National received 57 more outperform votes than American Equity Investment Life when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.17% of users gave American Equity Investment Life an outperform vote while only 51.60% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote.
Lincoln National currently has a consensus price target of $28.45, suggesting a potential upside of 1.26%. American Equity Investment Life has a consensus price target of $52.50, suggesting a potential downside of 7.03%. Given Lincoln National's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lincoln National is more favorable than American Equity Investment Life.
Summary
American Equity Investment Life beats Lincoln National on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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