Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE) Competitors

Brookfield Reinsurance (NYSE:BNRE) and Prudential (NYSE:PUK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Do analysts prefer BNRE or PUK?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Reinsurance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Prudential	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is BNRE or PUK more profitable?

Brookfield Reinsurance has a net margin of 0.10% compared to Prudential's net margin of 0.00%. Brookfield Reinsurance's return on equity of 0.14% beat Prudential's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Reinsurance	0.10%	0.14%	0.01%
Prudential	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BNRE or PUK?

Prudential received 458 more outperform votes than Brookfield Reinsurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.73% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Brookfield Reinsurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Reinsurance	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
Prudential	Outperform Votes 458 61.73%	Underperform Votes 284 38.27%

Which has better valuation & earnings, BNRE or PUK?

Prudential has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brookfield Reinsurance. Prudential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Reinsurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Reinsurance	$9.35B	0.92	$796M	$0.29	203.45
Prudential	$8.14B	3.89	$1.70B	$2.32	10.47

Is BNRE or PUK a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Reinsurance pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Brookfield Reinsurance pays out 110.3% 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 pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, BNRE or PUK?

Brookfield Reinsurance has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BNRE or PUK?

In the previous week, Prudential had 15 more articles in the media than Brookfield Reinsurance. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Prudential and 0 mentions for Brookfield Reinsurance. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Brookfield Reinsurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Reinsurance	Neutral
Prudential	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BNRE or PUK?

7.2% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Prudential shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Prudential beats Brookfield Reinsurance on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.