PHNX vs. SLA, OMU, CSN, HSD, OML, PRU, AV, AIBG, LGEN, and SMT
Should you be buying Phoenix Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phoenix Group include Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), Old Mutual (OMU), Chesnara (CSN), Hansard Global (HSD), Old Mutual (OML), Prudential (PRU), Aviva (AV), AIB Group (AIBG), Legal & General Group (LGEN), and Scottish Mortgage (SMT).
Phoenix Group vs. Its Competitors
Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) and Standard Life Aberdeen (LON:SLA) are both mid-cap insurance - life industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Phoenix Group had 6 more articles in the media than Standard Life Aberdeen. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Phoenix Group and 0 mentions for Standard Life Aberdeen. Phoenix Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Standard Life Aberdeen's score of 0.00 indicating that Phoenix Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Standard Life Aberdeen has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Phoenix Group's net margin of -2.10%. Standard Life Aberdeen's return on equity of 0.00% beat Phoenix Group's return on equity.
Phoenix Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 683.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.36%. Given Phoenix Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Phoenix Group is more favorable than Standard Life Aberdeen.
37.9% of Phoenix Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Phoenix Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Standard Life Aberdeen has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phoenix Group. Phoenix Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Standard Life Aberdeen, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Standard Life Aberdeen pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share. Phoenix Group pays out -85.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Standard Life Aberdeen pays out 0.6% 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. Phoenix Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Phoenix Group beats Standard Life Aberdeen on 11 of the 15 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:PHNX) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
