Old Mutual (OMU) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate PRU or OMU?

Prudential currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,150, suggesting a potential upside of 29.61%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Prudential is more favorable than Old Mutual.

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PRU or OMU?

62.0% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of Old Mutual shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Prudential shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Old Mutual shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PRU or OMU?

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
Prudential	£10.35B	2.82	£827.01M	£20.02	44.32
Old Mutual	£1.13T	0.04	£60.20B	£2.65	19.38

Is PRU or OMU a better dividend stock?

Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Old Mutual pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. 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. 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.

Does the media prefer PRU or OMU?

In the previous week, Prudential had 19 more articles in the media than Old Mutual. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Prudential and 1 mentions for Old Mutual. Old Mutual's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Prudential's score of 0.12 indicating that Old Mutual is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Prudential	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Old Mutual	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, PRU or OMU?

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

Is PRU or OMU 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
Prudential	7.99%	4.50%	1.23%
Old Mutual	5.33%	4.84%	0.84%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRU or OMU?

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

Summary

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