PRU vs. CNA, RSA, TFG, EIG, PFG, GOCO, THG, ESNT, MCG, and FFX
Should you be buying Prudential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prudential include Centrica (CNA), RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), THG (THG), Essentra (ESNT), Mobico Group (MCG), and Fairfx Group (FFX). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Prudential vs. Its Competitors
Centrica (LON:CNA) and Prudential (LON:PRU) are both insurance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Centrica has higher revenue and earnings than Prudential. Centrica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Prudential has a net margin of 7.99% compared to Centrica's net margin of 5.39%. Centrica's return on equity of 25.16% beat Prudential's return on equity.
54.2% of Centrica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Prudential shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centrica shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Prudential shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Centrica pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Centrica pays out 19.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential pays out 84.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centrica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Centrica currently has a consensus target price of GBX 178.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.97%. Prudential has a consensus target price of GBX 1,165, indicating a potential upside of 21.23%. Given Prudential's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Prudential is more favorable than Centrica.
In the previous week, Prudential had 6 more articles in the media than Centrica. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Prudential and 6 mentions for Centrica. Centrica's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Prudential's score of 0.47 indicating that Centrica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centrica has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Prudential beats Centrica on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PRU) was last updated on 8/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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