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Phoenix Group (PHNX) Competitors

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GBX 647.50 -0.50 (-0.08%)
As of 07/4/2025

PHNX vs. SLA, CSN, HSD, OML, OMU, PRU, AIBG, AV, 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), Chesnara (CSN), Hansard Global (HSD), Old Mutual (OML), Old Mutual (OMU), Prudential (PRU), AIB Group (AIBG), Aviva (AV), Legal & General Group (LGEN), and Scottish Mortgage (SMT).

Phoenix Group vs. Its Competitors

Standard Life Aberdeen (LON:SLA) and Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) 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, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.

Phoenix Group has a consensus price target of GBX 607.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.18%. Given Standard Life Aberdeen's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Standard Life Aberdeen is more favorable than Phoenix Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Standard Life Aberdeen
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Phoenix Group
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

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

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
Standard Life AberdeenN/A N/A N/A
Phoenix Group -2.10%-21.76%0.08%

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. Standard Life Aberdeen's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Phoenix Group's score of -0.21 indicating that Standard Life Aberdeen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Standard Life Aberdeen Neutral
Phoenix Group Neutral

Standard Life Aberdeen has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Standard Life Aberdeen£3.60B0.00N/A£37.20N/A
Phoenix Group£24.81B0.26-£521.46M-£52.18-12.41

Standard Life Aberdeen pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share. Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 53 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Standard Life Aberdeen pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phoenix Group pays out -101.6% 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 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PHNX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PHNX vs. The Competition

MetricPhoenix GroupInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.47B£22.17B£6.44B£2.96B
Dividend Yield10.35%5.10%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio-12.418.6813.49147.86
Price / Sales0.2642.511,784.48258,998.09
Price / Cash0.431.4848.9127.97
Price / Book2.281.233.175.27
Net Income-£521.46M£6.79B£1.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.45%0.49%0.60%1.11%
1 Month Performance0.62%1.37%3.32%5.19%
1 Year Performance20.13%15.91%15.41%80.80%

Phoenix Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PHNX
Phoenix Group
0.7763 of 5 stars
GBX 647.50
-0.1%
GBX 607.50
-6.2%
+20.2%£6.47B£24.81B-12.417,757News Coverage
SLA
Standard Life Aberdeen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.98B£3.60B7.376,029
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 299
+0.2%
N/A+16.0%£454.95M£412.72M109.055,700Trending News
HSD
Hansard Global
N/AGBX 51.50
+3.0%
N/A+13.8%£70.84M£169.85M13.50183
OML
Old Mutual
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
OMU
Old Mutual
N/AGBX 49.40
+1.4%
N/A-9.3%£48.68B£1.13T18.6329,861
PRU
Prudential
3.0205 of 5 stars
GBX 920.30
-0.1%
GBX 1,103.33
+19.9%
+26.9%£30.28B£10.35B45.9739,900
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 600
+1.7%
N/A+37.2%£16.76B£5.27B8.2010,551
AV
Aviva
1.5764 of 5 stars
GBX 621.20
+0.2%
GBX 592.50
-4.6%
+29.8%£16.69B£37.44B12.8026,382High Trading Volume
LGEN
Legal & General Group
1.7513 of 5 stars
GBX 254.86
+0.1%
GBX 268.33
+5.3%
+7.5%£14.94B£47.90B47.0511,956Positive News
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
1.6195 of 5 stars
GBX 1,034
-0.2%
N/A+16.7%£12.65B£1.26B10.61N/A

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This page (LON:PHNX) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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