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GNW vs. NMIH, EQH, ESNT, MET, MTG, PRU, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, and HMN

Should you be buying Genworth Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genworth Financial include NMI (NMIH), Equitable (EQH), Essent Group (ESNT), MetLife (MET), MGIC Investment (MTG), Prudential Financial (PRU), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), and Horace Mann Educators (HMN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Genworth Financial vs. Its Competitors

Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) and NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

NMI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genworth Financial. NMI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genworth Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Genworth Financial$7.30B0.48$299M$0.4518.93
NMI$650.97M4.23$360.11M$4.717.53

Genworth Financial presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.37%. NMI has a consensus target price of $42.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.35%. Given NMI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NMI is more favorable than Genworth Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Genworth Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
NMI
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

In the previous week, NMI had 16 more articles in the media than Genworth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for NMI and 8 mentions for Genworth Financial. NMI's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Genworth Financial's score of 0.42 indicating that NMI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Genworth Financial
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NMI
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Genworth Financial has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NMI has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

81.9% of Genworth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of NMI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Genworth Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of NMI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

NMI has a net margin of 55.57% compared to Genworth Financial's net margin of 2.61%. NMI's return on equity of 16.51% beat Genworth Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Genworth Financial2.61% 1.91% 0.21%
NMI 55.57%16.51%11.02%

Summary

NMI beats Genworth Financial on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GNW vs. The Competition

MetricGenworth FinancialINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.50B$14.51B$12.44B$21.48B
Dividend YieldN/A2.96%5.63%3.67%
P/E Ratio18.939.5229.7628.89
Price / Sales0.481.5229.7761.94
Price / Cash9.038.3322.2523.41
Price / Book0.391.352.234.51
Net Income$299M$1.16B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-4.96%-3.83%-1.92%-3.53%
1 Month Performance-3.24%-4.97%-2.25%-1.95%
1 Year Performance18.91%-0.69%535.84%10.26%

Genworth Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNW
Genworth Financial
4.1439 of 5 stars
$8.52
-1.8%
$10.00
+17.4%
+20.2%$3.50B$7.30B18.932,960News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NMIH
NMI
3.8263 of 5 stars
$36.40
-0.9%
$42.50
+16.8%
-12.7%$2.85B$650.97M7.73234Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQH
Equitable
4.1937 of 5 stars
$50.90
-0.5%
$64.55
+26.8%
+12.2%$15.32B$12.44B41.058,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ESNT
Essent Group
4.2686 of 5 stars
$60.39
-1.5%
$64.83
+7.4%
-5.8%$6.04B$1.24B8.82350Analyst Downgrade
MET
MetLife
4.9689 of 5 stars
$82.34
0.0%
$94.64
+14.9%
-4.9%$54.78B$70.99B13.9645,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MTG
MGIC Investment
3.203 of 5 stars
$27.23
-1.0%
$26.83
-1.5%
+5.0%$6.34B$1.21B8.93680News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.901 of 5 stars
$103.21
-0.8%
$122.08
+18.3%
-18.6%$36.62B$68.05B22.8838,196Analyst Forecast
AFG
American Financial Group
4.4724 of 5 stars
$147.61
-0.7%
$136.75
-7.4%
+1.0%$12.40B$8.32B16.228,700Analyst Forecast
AIZ
Assurant
4.804 of 5 stars
$221.81
+0.8%
$234.83
+5.9%
+14.2%$11.10B$11.88B16.0614,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
KMPR
Kemper
4.8455 of 5 stars
$50.12
-1.0%
$72.75
+45.2%
-20.6%$3.18B$4.64B9.447,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.7253 of 5 stars
$44.28
-0.3%
$46.75
+5.6%
+26.8%$1.81B$1.60B13.101,750Analyst Forecast

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