FG vs. EQH, AEG, EG, BNT, KNSL, GL, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, and ESNT
Should you be buying F&G Annuities & Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F&G Annuities & Life include Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Globe Life (GL), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), and Essent Group (ESNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
F&G Annuities & Life vs.
F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) and Equitable (NYSE:EQH) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Equitable had 19 more articles in the media than F&G Annuities & Life. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Equitable and 5 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life. F&G Annuities & Life's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Equitable's score of 1.07 indicating that F&G Annuities & Life is being referred to more favorably in the media.
F&G Annuities & Life pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Equitable pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. F&G Annuities & Life pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equitable pays out 26.1% 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. F&G Annuities & Life has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Equitable has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. F&G Annuities & Life is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Equitable has higher revenue and earnings than F&G Annuities & Life. F&G Annuities & Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equitable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equitable received 144 more outperform votes than F&G Annuities & Life when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.17% of users gave Equitable an outperform vote while only 56.57% of users gave F&G Annuities & Life an outperform vote.
95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Equitable shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Equitable shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
F&G Annuities & Life has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Equitable's net margin of 10.51%. Equitable's return on equity of 85.70% beat F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity.
F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equitable has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
F&G Annuities & Life currently has a consensus price target of $44.33, indicating a potential upside of 38.46%. Equitable has a consensus price target of $61.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.25%. Given F&G Annuities & Life's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe F&G Annuities & Life is more favorable than Equitable.
Summary
F&G Annuities & Life beats Equitable on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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