OMU vs. PRU, PHNX, SLA, CSN, HSD, OML, BNC, BARC, LLOY, and LSEG
Should you be buying Old Mutual stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Old Mutual include Prudential (PRU), Phoenix Group (PHNX), Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), Chesnara (CSN), Hansard Global (HSD), Old Mutual (OML), Banco Santander (BNC), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), and London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).
Old Mutual vs. Its 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 companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Prudential has a consensus target price of GBX 1,165, suggesting a potential upside of 20.65%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Prudential is more favorable than Old Mutual.
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.
In the previous week, Prudential had 9 more articles in the media than Old Mutual. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Prudential and 4 mentions for Old Mutual. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Old Mutual's score of 0.13 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Old Mutual has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Old Mutual pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Prudential beats Old Mutual on 14 of the 18 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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This page (LON:OMU) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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