Phoenix Group (PHNX) Competitors

Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) and Standard Life Aberdeen (LON:SLA) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHNX or SLA?

Phoenix Group received 12 more outperform votes than Standard Life Aberdeen when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Standard Life Aberdeen an outperform vote while only 57.25% of users gave Phoenix Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Phoenix Group	Outperform Votes 320 57.25%	Underperform Votes 239 42.75%
Standard Life Aberdeen	Outperform Votes 308 70.00%	Underperform Votes 132 30.00%

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 8.8%. 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 favor PHNX or SLA?

In the previous week, Phoenix Group had 1 more articles in the media than Standard Life Aberdeen. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Phoenix Group and 0 mentions for Standard Life Aberdeen. Phoenix Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Standard Life Aberdeen'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Phoenix Group	Neutral
Standard Life Aberdeen	Neutral

Which has stronger 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	0.24	-£521.46M	-£52.18	-11.49
Standard Life Aberdeen	£3.60B	0.00	N/A	£37.20	N/A

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 recommend PHNX or SLA?

Phoenix Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 607.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.33%. Given Phoenix Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Phoenix Group is more favorable than Standard Life Aberdeen.

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PHNX or SLA?

54.4% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Phoenix Group shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Phoenix Group beats Standard Life Aberdeen on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.