OMU vs. PHNX, SLA, CSN, HSD, OML, PRU, PSH, STJ, ICP, and SDR
Should you be buying Old Mutual stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Mutual include Phoenix Group (PHNX), Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), Chesnara (CSN), Hansard Global (HSD), Old Mutual (OML), Prudential (PRU), Pershing Square (PSH), St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), and Schroders (SDR).
Old Mutual vs. Its Competitors
Old Mutual (LON:OMU) and Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Old Mutual has higher revenue and earnings than Phoenix Group. Phoenix Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Old Mutual, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Old Mutual pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Old Mutual pays out 47.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phoenix Group pays out -85.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Old Mutual has a net margin of 5.33% compared to Phoenix Group's net margin of -2.10%. Old Mutual's return on equity of 4.84% beat Phoenix Group's return on equity.
37.1% of Old Mutual shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.9% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Old Mutual shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Old Mutual has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phoenix Group has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Phoenix Group has a consensus target price of GBX 683.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.36%. Given Phoenix Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Phoenix Group is more favorable than Old Mutual.
In the previous week, Phoenix Group had 2 more articles in the media than Old Mutual. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Phoenix Group and 4 mentions for Old Mutual. Phoenix Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Old Mutual's score of 0.25 indicating that Phoenix Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Old Mutual and Phoenix Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (LON:OMU) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
