FG vs. PFG, BNT, EQH, RYAN, AEG, EG, GL, KNSL, BNRE, and VOYA
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), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Equitable (EQH), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), Globe Life (GL), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), and Voya Financial (VOYA). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
F&G Annuities & Life vs. Its Competitors
Principal Financial Group (NASDAQ:PFG) and F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, F&G Annuities & Life had 24 more articles in the media than Principal Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life and 0 mentions for Principal Financial Group. F&G Annuities & Life's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Principal Financial Group's score of 0.00 indicating that F&G Annuities & Life is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
75.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are held 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.
Principal Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. F&G Annuities & Life pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Principal Financial Group pays out 61.2% 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 a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Principal Financial Group has a net margin of 7.53% compared to F&G Annuities & Life's net margin of 6.45%. Principal Financial Group's return on equity of 15.63% beat F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity.
F&G Annuities & Life has a consensus price target of $44.33, suggesting a potential upside of 24.77%. Given F&G Annuities & Life's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe F&G Annuities & Life is more favorable than Principal Financial Group.
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
F&G Annuities & Life beats Principal Financial Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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This page (NYSE:FG) was last updated on 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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