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Everest Group (EG) Competitors

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$378.74 -6.47 (-1.68%)
(As of 12/4/2024 ET)

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

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

Everest Group vs.

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

52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Everest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Everest Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Manulife Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Everest Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Manulife Financial and 14 mentions for Everest Group. Everest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Manulife Financial's score of 0.98 indicating that Everest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manulife Financial
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Everest Group
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everest Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Manulife Financial received 439 more outperform votes than Everest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 52.78% of users gave Everest Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
458
67.95%
Underperform Votes
216
32.05%
Everest GroupOutperform Votes
19
52.78%
Underperform Votes
17
47.22%

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Everest Group. Everest Group 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$48.71B1.16$4.05B$2.0715.60
Everest Group$14.59B1.12$2.52B$63.905.93

Manulife Financial currently has a consensus price target of $37.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.14%. Everest Group has a consensus price target of $431.30, suggesting a potential upside of 13.88%. Given Manulife Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Everest Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Everest Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Everest Group has a net margin of 16.99% compared to Manulife Financial's net margin of 9.79%. Everest Group's return on equity of 22.45% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manulife Financial9.79% 16.11% 0.77%
Everest Group 16.99%22.45%6.06%

Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Manulife Financial pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Everest Group pays out 12.5% 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 increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Everest Group on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EG vs. The Competition

MetricEverest GroupFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.28B$46.13B$10.93B$20.25B
Dividend Yield2.08%6.10%9.88%3.43%
P/E Ratio5.9311.1547.0944.64
Price / Sales1.121.78256.2117.42
Price / Cash6.1420.1430.9822.41
Price / Book1.242.432.995.58
Net Income$2.52B$3.90B$1.02B$984.96M
7 Day Performance-2.64%-0.50%-0.06%0.02%
1 Month Performance6.80%12.40%4.41%4.80%
1 Year Performance-4.65%54.65%21.76%24.71%

Everest Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EG
Everest Group
4.6036 of 5 stars
$378.74
-1.7%
$431.30
+13.9%
-5.1%$16.56B$14.59B5.932,844Positive News
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.6236 of 5 stars
$32.29
+0.5%
$37.50
+16.1%
+62.8%$56.57B$36.10B15.5640,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.5625 of 5 stars
$61.44
+0.1%
N/A+20.8%$35.37B$30.20B13.6730,941Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.8424 of 5 stars
$322.00
+0.4%
$313.87
-2.5%
+36.3%$32.43B$9.48B0.0048,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
PUK
Prudential
3.7033 of 5 stars
$16.42
+0.4%
N/A-25.1%$21.98B$7.52B0.0015,030
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.4605 of 5 stars
$85.45
-1.1%
$85.92
+0.5%
+13.0%$19.54B$14.07B-96.7719,800Ex-Dividend
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.6589 of 5 stars
$74.29
-1.5%
$71.67
-3.5%
+64.3%$19.45B$2.39B96.614,350
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.2837 of 5 stars
$32.07
-0.9%
$35.00
+9.1%
+57.8%$18.24B$14.89B-15.495,700
EQH
Equitable
2.7777 of 5 stars
$47.35
-1.8%
$48.70
+2.9%
+47.9%$14.84B$10.53B-44.258,500Positive News
AEG
Aegon
2.8096 of 5 stars
$6.35
-2.2%
N/A+18.5%$14.00B$11.24B0.0020,634Short Interest ↓
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
3.357 of 5 stars
$505.89
-0.5%
$456.88
-9.7%
+42.6%$11.78B$1.22B28.99561Positive News

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This page (NYSE:EG) was last updated on 12/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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