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Old Mutual (OMU) Competitors

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GBX 46.80 -0.40 (-0.85%)
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OMU vs. PRU, PHNX, SLA, CSN, HSD, OML, BNC, LSEG, BARC, and LLOY

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), London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Barclays (BARC), and Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY).

Old Mutual vs.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Old MutualOutperform Votes
27
65.85%
Underperform Votes
14
34.15%
PrudentialOutperform Votes
1136
74.74%
Underperform Votes
384
25.26%

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Old Mutual£1.13T0.04£60.20B£2.6517.83
Prudential£10.35B2.69£827.01M£20.0242.26

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 Mutual5.33% 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.

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OMU vs. The Competition

MetricOld MutualInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£46.61B£22.24B£5.31B£2.64B
Dividend Yield0.28%5.10%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio17.838.6412.85134.14
Price / Sales0.0440.541,727.62224,238.20
Price / Cash0.061.4849.6228.05
Price / Book0.041.241.353.79
Net Income£60.20B£6.79B£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance-3.67%-0.79%0.04%0.41%
1 Month Performance8.24%4.16%10.44%21.45%
1 Year Performance-2.17%23.25%13.62%128.18%

Old Mutual Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OMU
Old Mutual
N/AGBX 46.80
-0.8%
N/A-2.1%£46.12B£1.13T17.6429,861
PRU
Prudential
2.9361 of 5 stars
GBX 873.20
+0.2%
GBX 1,137.50
+30.3%
+7.4%£28.73B£10.35B43.6239,900Trending News
High Trading Volume
PHNX
Phoenix Group
0.6547 of 5 stars
GBX 602
+0.2%
GBX 607.50
+0.9%
+24.3%£6.02B£24.81B-11.547,757News Coverage
SLA
Standard Life Aberdeen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.98B£3.60B7.376,029
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 274
-0.5%
N/A+14.9%£416.91M£412.72M99.935,700News Coverage
HSD
Hansard Global
N/AGBX 48.88
+1.0%
N/A-7.8%£67.23M£169.85M12.81183News Coverage
OML
Old Mutual
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 570.87
+1.2%
N/A+45.8%£104.78B£70.85B8.95206,500
LSEG
London Stock Exchange Group
0.5802 of 5 stars
£112.65
-0.3%
£120
+6.5%
+22.6%£59.63B£8.50B88.3525,608
BARC
Barclays
1.4822 of 5 stars
GBX 317.02
+1.2%
GBX 329.17
+3.8%
+54.5%£45.52B£24.93B9.3287,400High Trading Volume
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
0.9277 of 5 stars
GBX 73.46
+0.6%
GBX 64.25
-12.5%
+38.8%£44.54B£28.75B9.2959,400High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:OMU) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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