Phoenix Group (PHNX) Competitors

Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) and Standard Life Aberdeen (LON:SLA) are both mid-cap insurance - life industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Is PHNX or SLA more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Phoenix Group	-2.10%	-21.76%	0.08%
Standard Life Aberdeen	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate PHNX or SLA?

Phoenix Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 635, indicating a potential downside of 8.57%. Given Standard Life Aberdeen's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Standard Life Aberdeen is more favorable than Phoenix Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Phoenix Group	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Standard Life Aberdeen	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PHNX or SLA?

54.4% of Phoenix Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Phoenix Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PHNX or SLA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Phoenix Group	£24.81B	0.28	-£521.46M	-£52.18	-13.31
Standard Life Aberdeen	£3.60B	0.00	N/A	£37.20	N/A

Is PHNX or SLA a better dividend stock?

Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 53 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Standard Life Aberdeen pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share. Phoenix Group pays out -101.6% 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.

Does the media prefer PHNX or SLA?

In the previous week, Phoenix Group had 3 more articles in the media than Standard Life Aberdeen. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Phoenix Group and 0 mentions for Standard Life Aberdeen. Phoenix Group's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Standard Life Aberdeen's score of 0.00 indicating that Phoenix Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Phoenix Group	Neutral
Standard Life Aberdeen	Neutral

Summary

Phoenix Group beats Standard Life Aberdeen on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.