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Prudential (PRU) Competitors

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GBX 644
-0.60 (-0.09%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

PRU vs. RSA, CNA, EIG, THG, PFG, GOCO, ESNT, MCG, FFX, and PGR

Should you be buying Prudential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prudential include RSA Insurance Group (RSA), Centrica (CNA), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), THG (THG), Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), Essentra (ESNT), Mobico Group (MCG), Fairfx Group (FFX), and Phoenix Global Resources (PGR). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Prudential vs.

RSA Insurance Group (LON:RSA) and Prudential (LON:PRU) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

In the previous week, Prudential had 15 more articles in the media than RSA Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Prudential and 0 mentions for RSA Insurance Group. RSA Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Prudential's score of 0.24 indicating that RSA Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
RSA Insurance Group Neutral
Prudential Neutral

RSA Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. RSA Insurance Group pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential pays out 7,083.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Prudential has a net margin of 8.01% compared to RSA Insurance Group's net margin of 0.00%. Prudential's return on equity of 5.48% beat RSA Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RSA Insurance GroupN/A N/A N/A
Prudential 8.01%5.48%1.23%

Prudential has higher revenue and earnings than RSA Insurance Group. RSA Insurance 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
RSA Insurance Group£6.55B1.08N/A£30.8022.21
Prudential£10.94B1.58£877M£0.242,683.33

Prudential received 428 more outperform votes than RSA Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.69% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote while only 57.36% of users gave RSA Insurance Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RSA Insurance GroupOutperform Votes
705
57.36%
Underperform Votes
524
42.64%
PrudentialOutperform Votes
1133
74.69%
Underperform Votes
384
25.31%

Prudential has a consensus target price of GBX 1,285, suggesting a potential upside of 99.53%. Given Prudential's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Prudential is more favorable than RSA Insurance Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RSA Insurance Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Prudential
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

62.0% of Prudential shares are held by institutional investors. 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Prudential beats RSA Insurance Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRU vs. The Competition

MetricPrudentialInsurance IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£17.32B£17.40B£3.38B£1.53B
Dividend Yield2.50%5.07%4.51%11.79%
P/E Ratio2,683.33159.04412.641,670.48
Price / Sales1.5822.532,692.94221,312.87
Price / Cash4.501.6350.4935.27
Price / Book1.091.291.382.95
Net Income£877M£2.08B£346.15M£142.89M
7 Day Performance-0.49%-0.25%-0.54%0.11%
1 Month Performance-10.61%-2.42%-0.57%-0.15%
1 Year Performance-26.11%12.64%17.17%14.68%

Prudential Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRU
Prudential
3.5278 of 5 stars
GBX 644
-0.1%
GBX 1,285
+99.5%
-24.9%£17.32B£10.94B2,683.3339,900
RSA
RSA Insurance Group
N/AGBX 684.20
flat
N/AN/A£7.10B£6.55B22.2111,840
CNA
Centrica
3.729 of 5 stars
GBX 122.95
+0.2%
GBX 171.25
+39.3%
-27.3%£6.38B£20.48B558.866,100Positive News
High Trading Volume
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AGBX 284.60
-0.1%
N/A+0.0%£1.26B£724M-6.16680
THG
THG
2.6065 of 5 stars
GBX 45.98
-1.0%
GBX 64.25
+39.7%
-32.4%£611.53M£2.01B-270.477,291Insider Buying
High Trading Volume
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AGBX 225
flat
N/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
GOCO
GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L)
N/AGBX 131.60
flat
N/A+0.0%£555.09M£159.20M48.745,450
ESNT
Essentra
3.1018 of 5 stars
GBX 154
+0.7%
GBX 216.67
+40.7%
-1.7%£442.20M£309.70M7,980.00350News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MCG
Mobico Group
0.502 of 5 stars
GBX 70
+0.1%
GBX 68
-2.9%
+11.4%£429.86M£3.24B-304.354,300Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AGBX 124.50
+1.2%
N/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
PGR
Phoenix Global Resources
N/AGBX 6.50
+4.0%
N/A+0.0%£181.13M£78.37M-8.1355,100News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (LON:PRU) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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