CNA vs. PRU, RSA, EIG, PFG, GOCO, THG, ESNT, FFX, CNC, and PGR
Should you be buying Centrica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrica include Prudential (PRU), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), THG (THG), Essentra (ESNT), Fairfx Group (FFX), Concurrent Technologies (CNC), and Phoenix Global Resources (PGR). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Centrica vs. Its Competitors
Centrica (LON:CNA) and Prudential (LON:PRU) are both insurance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Centrica has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
52.5% of Centrica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centrica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Prudential shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Prudential has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Centrica's net margin of 5.39%. Centrica's return on equity of 25.16% beat Prudential's return on equity.
Centrica pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Centrica pays out -97.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential pays out 17.6% 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. Centrica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Centrica currently has a consensus target price of GBX 185.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.55%. Prudential has a consensus target price of GBX 1,189.40, indicating a potential upside of 19.97%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prudential is more favorable than Centrica.
Centrica has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Prudential. Centrica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Centrica had 2 more articles in the media than Prudential. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Centrica and 14 mentions for Prudential. Centrica's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Prudential's score of 0.37 indicating that Centrica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Prudential beats Centrica on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CNA) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
