Old Mutual (OMU) Competitors

Old Mutual (LON:OMU) and Prudential (LON:PRU) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts recommend OMU or PRU?

Prudential has a consensus price target of GBX 1,150, suggesting a potential upside of 35.93%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prudential is more favorable than Old Mutual.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Old Mutual	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Prudential	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is OMU or PRU a better dividend stock?

Old Mutual pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Old Mutual pays out 150.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of OMU or PRU?

50.3% of Old Mutual shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Old Mutual shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Prudential shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer OMU or PRU?

In the previous week, Prudential had 10 more articles in the media than Old Mutual. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Prudential and 3 mentions for Old Mutual. Old Mutual's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Prudential's score of 0.10 indicating that Old Mutual is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Old Mutual	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Prudential	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OMU or PRU?

Prudential received 1109 more outperform votes than Old Mutual when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.74% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave Old Mutual an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Old Mutual	Outperform Votes 27 65.85%	Underperform Votes 14 34.15%
Prudential	Outperform Votes 1136 74.74%	Underperform Votes 384 25.26%

Which has more risk & volatility, OMU or PRU?

Old Mutual has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, OMU or PRU?

Old Mutual has higher revenue and earnings than Prudential. Old Mutual is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Old Mutual	£1.13T	0.04	£60.20B	£2.65	17.83
Prudential	£10.35B	2.69	£827.01M	£20.02	42.26

Is OMU or PRU more profitable?

Prudential has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Old Mutual's net margin of 5.33%. Old Mutual's return on equity of 4.84% beat Prudential's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Old Mutual	5.33%	4.84%	0.84%
Prudential	7.99%	4.50%	1.23%

Summary

Prudential beats Old Mutual on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.