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Aegon (AEG) Competitors

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AEG vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PUK, RYAN, EG, PFG, CRBG, EQH, and KNSL

Should you be buying Aegon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aegon include Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Prudential (PUK), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Everest Group (EG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), and Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Aegon vs.

Aegon (NYSE:AEG) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Aegon. Aegon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manulife Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aegon$19.52B0.73-$193.73M$0.966.70
Manulife Financial$45.58B1.16$4.05B$2.0714.80

Aegon has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Aegon's net margin of 0.00%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.98% beat Aegon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AegonN/A N/A N/A
Manulife Financial 10.08%15.98%0.76%

In the previous week, Aegon had 4 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Aegon and 7 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Aegon's score of 0.34 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aegon
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Manulife Financial
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Aegon pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial pays out 58.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Aegon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Manulife Financial has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 48.50%. Given Manulife Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Aegon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aegon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Manulife Financial received 86 more outperform votes than Aegon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 53.97% of users gave Aegon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AegonOutperform Votes
374
53.97%
Underperform Votes
319
46.03%
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
460
68.05%
Underperform Votes
216
31.95%

4.3% of Aegon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Aegon on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AEG vs. The Competition

MetricAegonLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.17B$21.26B$11.11B$18.96B
Dividend Yield4.66%3.29%5.79%4.03%
P/E Ratio6.708.0221.9932.71
Price / Sales0.731.2926.0827.84
Price / CashN/A9.7017.6017.53
Price / Book1.371.362.654.47
Net Income-$193.73M$1.64B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.31%1.31%0.57%0.50%
1 Month Performance-2.94%-3.51%-0.43%-2.83%
1 Year Performance3.04%13.89%537.63%4.36%

Aegon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEG
Aegon
3.1982 of 5 stars
$6.51
+1.2%
N/A+4.2%$14.34B$19.52B6.7822,300
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9271 of 5 stars
$28.42
-0.7%
$45.50
+60.1%
+31.4%$48.83B$45.58B13.7340,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.3383 of 5 stars
$56.60
+0.3%
N/A+16.8%$32.31B$28.68B14.7429,200Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.1532 of 5 stars
$315.76
-1.6%
$346.38
+9.7%
+22.6%$31.48B$9.93B-315.7646,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PUK
Prudential
4.2581 of 5 stars
$20.50
-1.2%
N/A+20.9%$26.90B$8.14B8.8414,500Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.627 of 5 stars
$67.57
-4.3%
$75.67
+12.0%
+32.6%$17.70B$2.52B97.933,850Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.7032 of 5 stars
$343.54
-1.8%
$396.00
+15.3%
-2.1%$16.42B$17.08B10.942,430Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.2301 of 5 stars
$70.26
-2.6%
$84.69
+20.5%
-6.3%$15.81B$16.13B10.5219,300Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.7848 of 5 stars
$27.01
-2.5%
$36.15
+33.9%
+11.4%$15.02B$19.06B7.157,700Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
EQH
Equitable
4.2067 of 5 stars
$45.65
-2.6%
$60.91
+33.4%
+34.0%$14.01B$12.44B11.958,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
2.8098 of 5 stars
$471.03
-3.0%
$468.56
-0.5%
+19.7%$10.96B$1.59B26.48470Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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