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
Phoenix Group (LON:PHNX) and Standard Life Aberdeen (LON:SLA) are both mid-cap insurance - life industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Phoenix Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 53 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. 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.
Phoenix Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 607.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.63%. Given Standard Life Aberdeen's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Standard Life Aberdeen is more favorable than Phoenix Group.
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.
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.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Phoenix Group had 13 more articles in the media than Standard Life Aberdeen. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Phoenix Group and 0 mentions for Standard Life Aberdeen. Phoenix Group's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Standard Life Aberdeen's score of 0.00 indicating that Phoenix Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Phoenix Group beats Standard Life Aberdeen on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PHNX) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
