CNA vs. PRU, RSA, EIG, THG, PFG, GOCO, ESNT, MCG, FFX, 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), THG (THG), Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), Essentra (ESNT), Mobico Group (MCG), Fairfx Group (FFX), and Phoenix Global Resources (PGR). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Prudential (LON:PRU) and Centrica (LON:CNA) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Centrica pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Prudential pays out 7,083.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centrica pays out 1,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centrica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Centrica has higher revenue and earnings 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.
Prudential has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrica has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Prudential has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Centrica's net margin of 5.39%. Centrica's return on equity of 22.49% beat Prudential's return on equity.
Prudential received 146 more outperform votes than Centrica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.69% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave Centrica an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Prudential had 6 more articles in the media than Centrica. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Prudential and 4 mentions for Centrica. Centrica's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Prudential's score of -0.10 indicating that Centrica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.6% of Prudential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Centrica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Prudential shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Centrica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Prudential presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,285, indicating a potential upside of 113.67%. Centrica has a consensus target price of GBX 171.25, indicating a potential upside of 43.31%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Prudential is more favorable than Centrica.
Summary
Prudential beats Centrica on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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