CNA vs. PRU, RSA, TFG, EIG, PFG, GOCO, THG, ESNT, FFX, and AXS
Should you be buying Centrica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrica include Prudential (PRU), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), THG (THG), Essentra (ESNT), Fairfx Group (FFX), and Accsys Technologies (AXS). 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
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.
In the previous week, Prudential had 6 more articles in the media than Centrica. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Prudential and 3 mentions for Centrica. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Centrica's score of 0.22 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
54.2% of Centrica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centrica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Prudential shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Centrica presently has a consensus price target of GBX 150, indicating a potential downside of 6.08%. Prudential has a consensus price target of GBX 1,103.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.51%. Given Prudential's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prudential is more favorable than Centrica.
Centrica has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrica pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Centrica pays out 19.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential pays out 84.9% 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.
Summary
Prudential beats Centrica on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CNA) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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