FG vs. PFG, CRBG, BNT, EQH, AEG, EG, RYAN, GL, KNSL, and BNRE
Should you be buying F&G Annuities & Life stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F&G Annuities & Life include Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Globe Life (GL), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), and Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
F&G Annuities & Life vs. Its Competitors
Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) and F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Principal Financial Group has a net margin of 9.74% compared to F&G Annuities & Life's net margin of 6.45%. Principal Financial Group's return on equity of 14.68% beat F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity.
In the previous week, Principal Financial Group had 4 more articles in the media than F&G Annuities & Life. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Principal Financial Group and 5 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life. Principal Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat F&G Annuities & Life's score of 1.07 indicating that Principal Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Principal Financial Group presently has a consensus target price of $86.90, suggesting a potential upside of 5.46%. F&G Annuities & Life has a consensus target price of $44.33, suggesting a potential upside of 35.14%. Given F&G Annuities & Life's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe F&G Annuities & Life is more favorable than Principal Financial Group.
Principal Financial Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Principal Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. F&G Annuities & Life pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Principal Financial Group pays out 62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. F&G Annuities & Life pays out 35.5% 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. Principal Financial Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and F&G Annuities & Life has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Principal Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than F&G Annuities & Life. F&G Annuities & Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Principal Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Principal Financial Group beats F&G Annuities & Life on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FG) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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