Equitable (NYSE:EQH) Vs. AJG, WLTW, WTW, BRO, WDH, RYAN, GSHD, BRP, BRP, and CRVL
Should you be buying Equitable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equitable include Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), Willis Towers Watson Public (WLTW), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Brown & Brown (BRO), Waterdrop (WDH), Ryan Specialty Group (RYAN), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), BRP Group (BRP), BRP Group (BRP), and CorVel (CRVL). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
Equitable vs.
Willis Towers Watson Public (NASDAQ:WLTW) and Equitable (NYSE:EQH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
89.3% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Equitable shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Willis Towers Watson Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Equitable shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equitable has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Willis Towers Watson Public currently has a consensus price target of $247.91, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Equitable has a consensus price target of $44.22, indicating a potential upside of 32.72%. Given Willis Towers Watson Public's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Willis Towers Watson Public is more favorable than Equitable.
Willis Towers Watson Public has a net margin of 23.88% compared to Equitable's net margin of 0.00%. Willis Towers Watson Public's return on equity of 15.12% beat Equitable's return on equity.
Willis Towers Watson Public pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share. Equitable pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Willis Towers Watson Public pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equitable pays out 6.8% 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. Willis Towers Watson Public has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Equitable has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Equitable is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Willis Towers Watson Public received 339 more outperform votes than Equitable when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.68% of users gave Willis Towers Watson Public an outperform vote while only 62.06% of users gave Equitable an outperform vote.
Equitable has higher revenue and earnings than Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equitable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Equitable had 6 more articles in the media than Willis Towers Watson Public. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Equitable and 0 mentions for Willis Towers Watson Public. Willis Towers Watson Public's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Equitable's score of 0.39 indicating that Willis Towers Watson Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Willis Towers Watson Public beats Equitable on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
Equitable (NYSE:EQH) vs. Its Competitors
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