BHF vs. GNW, FG, JXN, AEL, LNC, NWLI, PRI, VOYA, RGA, and GL
Should you be buying Brighthouse Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brighthouse Financial include Genworth Financial (GNW), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Jackson Financial (JXN), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Lincoln National (LNC), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Primerica (PRI), Voya Financial (VOYA), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), and Globe Life (GL). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Brighthouse Financial vs.
Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) and Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
Genworth Financial received 181 more outperform votes than Brighthouse Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.34% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote while only 51.58% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote.
Brighthouse Financial has a consensus price target of $51.38, suggesting a potential upside of 23.97%. Given Brighthouse Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Genworth Financial.
Genworth Financial has a net margin of 6.99% compared to Brighthouse Financial's net margin of -16.16%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 11.25% beat Genworth Financial's return on equity.
75.9% of Genworth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Genworth Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Genworth Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genworth Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genworth Financial has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Brighthouse Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Genworth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brighthouse Financial and 5 mentions for Genworth Financial. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Genworth Financial's score of 0.05 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Genworth Financial beats Brighthouse Financial on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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