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Phoenix Group (PHNX) Competitors

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GBX 667.50 0.00 (0.00%)
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PHNX vs. PRU, SLA, OMU, CSN, HSD, OML, AV, AIBG, LGEN, and SMT

Should you be buying Phoenix Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phoenix Group include Prudential (PRU), Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), Old Mutual (OMU), Chesnara (CSN), Hansard Global (HSD), Old Mutual (OML), Aviva (AV), AIB Group (AIBG), Legal & General Group (LGEN), and Scottish Mortgage (SMT).

Phoenix Group vs. Its Competitors

Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) and Prudential (LON:PRU) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Phoenix Group pays out -0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential pays out 0.2% 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.

Phoenix Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 684.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.51%. Prudential has a consensus target price of GBX 1,189.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.01%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Prudential is more favorable than Phoenix Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Phoenix Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Prudential
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Phoenix Group has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less 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.

Prudential has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Phoenix Group's net margin of -2.10%. Prudential's return on equity of 4.50% beat Phoenix Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Phoenix Group-2.10% -21.76% 0.08%
Prudential 7.99%4.50%1.23%

Prudential has higher revenue and earnings than Phoenix Group. Phoenix Group 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
Phoenix Group£10.97B0.61-£521.46M-£63.40-10.53
Prudential£21.26B1.22£827.01M£128.707.90

37.9% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.3% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Prudential shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Prudential had 1 more articles in the media than Phoenix Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Prudential and 6 mentions for Phoenix Group. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Phoenix Group's score of -0.69 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Phoenix Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative
Prudential
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Prudential beats Phoenix Group on 15 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

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PHNX vs. The Competition

MetricPhoenix GroupInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.67B£19.37B£4.86B£2.60B
Dividend Yield8.42%5.00%4.41%5.37%
P/E Ratio-10.535.7522.53400.29
Price / Sales0.6139.511,453.3798,387.28
Price / Cash0.431.48127.7427.90
Price / Book2.351.282.147.31
Net Income-£521.46M£6.79B£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance2.77%0.82%0.47%0.75%
1 Month Performance1.37%0.87%0.53%0.94%
1 Year Performance30.24%12.85%38.75%116.98%

Phoenix Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PHNX
Phoenix Group
0.8823 of 5 stars
GBX 667.50
flat
GBX 684.25
+2.5%
+30.2%£6.67B£10.97B-10.537,757
PRU
Prudential
4.0088 of 5 stars
GBX 1,009.50
-0.3%
GBX 1,189.40
+17.8%
+55.5%£25.72B£21.26B784.3839,900High Trading Volume
SLA
Standard Life Aberdeen
N/AN/AN/AN/A£5.98B£3.60B7.376,029
OMU
Old Mutual
N/AGBX 57.39
-1.1%
N/A+12.9%£2.41B£201.93B33.6829,861News Coverage
Gap Down
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 274.89
+0.3%
GBX 326.50
+18.8%
+6.9%£634.07M£847.40M-6,512.545,700
HSD
Hansard Global
N/AGBX 46.14
-1.9%
N/A-4.5%£62.97M£48.20M3,549.23183High Trading Volume
OML
Old Mutual
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
AV
Aviva
1.8651 of 5 stars
GBX 676.20
+0.6%
GBX 690.67
+2.1%
+38.1%£18.17B£37.44B13.9426,382High Trading Volume
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 656.50
+0.4%
N/A+56.8%£14.03B£4.67B733.5210,551News Coverage
LGEN
Legal & General Group
2.8565 of 5 stars
GBX 239.10
+0.2%
GBX 254.67
+6.5%
+6.2%£13.46B£27.99B5,360.9911,956News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SMT
Scottish Mortgage
0.634 of 5 stars
GBX 1,097.76
-1.1%
N/A+31.8%£12.36B£1.24B1,160.79N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:PHNX) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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