ALHC vs. GL, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, ESNT, ACT, OSCR, BWIN, FG, and PLMR
Should you be buying Alignment Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alignment Healthcare include Globe Life (GL), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Essent Group (ESNT), Enact (ACT), Oscar Health (OSCR), Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), and Palomar (PLMR). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Alignment Healthcare vs. Its Competitors
Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ:ALHC) and Globe Life (NYSE:GL) are both insurance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Alignment Healthcare has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globe Life has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Globe Life has a net margin of 18.33% compared to Alignment Healthcare's net margin of -3.02%. Globe Life's return on equity of 21.44% beat Alignment Healthcare's return on equity.
86.2% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Globe Life shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Alignment Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Globe Life shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Globe Life had 9 more articles in the media than Alignment Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Globe Life and 3 mentions for Alignment Healthcare. Alignment Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Globe Life's score of 0.35 indicating that Alignment Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alignment Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $17.17, suggesting a potential upside of 20.72%. Globe Life has a consensus target price of $137.73, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Given Alignment Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alignment Healthcare is more favorable than Globe Life.
Globe Life has higher revenue and earnings than Alignment Healthcare. Alignment Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globe Life, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Globe Life beats Alignment Healthcare on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ALHC) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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