PFG vs. UNM, AFL, CINF, KB, HBAN, BSBR, LPLA, EG, ERIE, and ARE
Should you be buying Principal Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Principal Financial Group include Unum Group (UNM), Aflac (AFL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), KB Financial Group (KB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), LPL Financial (LPLA), Everest Group (EG), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) and Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Unum Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Principal Financial Group. Unum Group 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.
75.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Unum Group received 377 more outperform votes than Principal Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.37% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Principal Financial Group an outperform vote.
Unum Group has a net margin of 10.36% compared to Principal Financial Group's net margin of 8.70%. Unum Group's return on equity of 16.03% beat Principal Financial Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Principal Financial Group had 8 more articles in the media than Unum Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Principal Financial Group and 5 mentions for Unum Group. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Principal Financial Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Principal Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Principal Financial Group pays out 52.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unum Group pays out 22.5% 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.
Principal Financial Group has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Principal Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $80.64, indicating a potential upside of 1.92%. Unum Group has a consensus target price of $56.38, indicating a potential upside of 11.09%. Given Unum Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unum Group is more favorable than Principal Financial Group.
Summary
Unum Group beats Principal Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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