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GBX 156.60 -1.25 (-0.79%)
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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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Centrica pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 150, indicating a potential downside of 4.25%. Prudential has a consensus target price of GBX 1,103.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.82%. Given Prudential's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prudential is more favorable than Centrica.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Centrica
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Prudential
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Centrica has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Prudential had 5 more articles in the media than Centrica. MarketBeat recorded 8 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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Centrica
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Prudential
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Centrica£19.40B0.40£1.05B£20.987.47
Prudential£10.35B2.90£827.01M£20.0245.62

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Centrica5.39% 25.16% -33.70%
Prudential 7.99%4.50%1.23%

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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CNA vs. The Competition

MetricCentricaUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.83B£4.14B£15.83B£2.96B
Dividend Yield3.09%4.59%5.58%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.4743.9920.24150.80
Price / Sales0.4010.6228.88227,226.78
Price / Cash1.3211.1719.3127.97
Price / Book1.571.572.164.56
Net Income£1.05B£239.70M£751.09M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-2.61%-2.41%-0.46%1.39%
1 Month Performance-2.52%0.79%2.38%4.61%
1 Year Performance12.62%2.59%16.12%80.39%

Centrica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNA
Centrica
2.3554 of 5 stars
GBX 156.60
-0.8%
GBX 150
-4.2%
+12.6%£7.83B£19.40B7.466,100Gap Down
PRU
Prudential
2.8484 of 5 stars
GBX 920.30
-0.1%
GBX 1,103.33
+19.9%
+27.4%£30.28B£10.35B45.9739,900
RSA
RSA Insurance Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.10B£6.55B22.2111,840
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 16.20
+0.6%
N/AN/A£1.32B£22.12B10.39N/A
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
GOCO
GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£555.09M£159.20M48.745,450
THG
THG
1.6749 of 5 stars
GBX 32.28
-5.1%
GBX 49
+51.8%
-52.2%£427.18M£2.00B-1.827,291
ESNT
Essentra
2.2665 of 5 stars
GBX 107
-2.0%
GBX 206.67
+93.1%
-32.4%£307.56M£309.74M88.15350Positive News
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
AXS
Accsys Technologies
N/AGBX 64.80
+0.6%
N/A+15.3%£186.81M£165.34M-10.342,080News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:CNA) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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