PRU vs. NWG, STAN, BARC, LGEN, AV, SMT, LLOY, AIBG, ADM, and PSH
Should you be buying Prudential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prudential include NatWest Group (NWG), Standard Chartered (STAN), Barclays (BARC), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), AIB Group (AIBG), Admiral Group (ADM), and Pershing Square (PSH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
NatWest Group (LON:NWG) and Prudential (LON:PRU) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
NatWest Group has a net margin of 32.71% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 15.74%. Prudential's return on equity of 12.88% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. NatWest Group pays out 3,469.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prudential pays out 3,265.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
42.7% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of NatWest Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% 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.
NatWest Group has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Prudential received 1030 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.55% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote while only 70.37% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
NatWest Group has higher revenue and earnings than Prudential. NatWest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Prudential had 10 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Prudential and 4 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Prudential's score of -0.32 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NatWest Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 309.38, indicating a potential upside of 16.53%. Prudential has a consensus price target of GBX 1,585, indicating a potential upside of 113.32%. Given NatWest Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Prudential is more favorable than NatWest Group.
Summary
Prudential beats NatWest Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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