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Aegon (AEG) Competitors

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

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

Aegon vs. Its Competitors

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

Manulife Financial presently has a consensus target price of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.75%. Given Manulife Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Aegon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Aegon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Manulife Financial pays out 66.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aegon pays out 38.5% 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.

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

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Aegon. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Manulife Financial and 10 mentions for Aegon. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Aegon's score of -0.09 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Aegon's net margin of 0.00%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 15.84% beat Aegon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial9.58% 15.84% 0.75%
Aegon N/A N/A N/A

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
Manulife Financial$44.71B1.22$4.11B$1.9116.73
Aegon$10.65B1.50$744.48M$0.967.54

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aegon has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Aegon on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AEG vs. The Competition

MetricAegonINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.96B$20.93B$11.93B$20.33B
Dividend Yield5.16%2.93%5.62%3.78%
P/E Ratio7.5414.5019.8127.52
Price / Sales1.502.1126.0438.36
Price / Cash22.4518.5218.1517.85
Price / Book1.584.202.214.54
Net Income$744.48M$1.60B$1.00B$985.09M
7 Day Performance7.10%2.33%1.40%1.70%
1 Month Performance0.56%6.77%2.66%4.05%
1 Year Performance18.11%22.06%539.54%12.20%

Aegon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEG
Aegon
4.4531 of 5 stars
$7.24
flat
N/A+18.0%$15.96B$10.65B7.5423,123News Coverage
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9578 of 5 stars
$31.30
+2.0%
$45.67
+45.9%
+20.1%$53.45B$38.90B16.3837,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.9452 of 5 stars
$64.78
+1.1%
$88.00
+35.8%
+34.5%$36.51B$28.32B16.4831,768
PUK
Prudential Public
4.218 of 5 stars
$24.37
+1.6%
N/A+37.5%$31.60B$16.66B10.5015,412
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.3767 of 5 stars
$303.69
+1.6%
$356.30
+17.3%
+16.2%$30.11B$9.93B-607.3748,900Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
3.7311 of 5 stars
$32.85
+0.7%
$37.00
+12.6%
+23.3%$18.06B$19.58B27.845,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.5652 of 5 stars
$68.65
+2.1%
$75.58
+10.1%
+17.0%$18.02B$2.52B201.915,250Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.9464 of 5 stars
$77.33
+0.9%
$83.85
+8.4%
+0.9%$17.34B$15.77B11.5819,300Positive News
EQH
Equitable
4.454 of 5 stars
$53.88
+1.0%
$61.67
+14.5%
+37.0%$16.37B$14.78B14.648,000
EG
Everest Group
4.7595 of 5 stars
$342.01
+1.4%
$400.33
+17.1%
-11.6%$14.55B$17.23B17.593,037
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$59.59
+1.3%
N/AN/A$14.33B$14.10B180.585,000News Coverage

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