Genworth Financial (GNW) Competitors

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

Is BHF or GNW more profitable?

Brighthouse Financial has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Genworth Financial's net margin of 2.61%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 25.60% beat Genworth Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brighthouse Financial	8.71%	25.60%	0.54%
Genworth Financial	2.61%	1.91%	0.21%

Do analysts prefer BHF or GNW?

Brighthouse Financial currently has a consensus price target of $60.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.72%. Genworth Financial has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.98%. Given Brighthouse Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Genworth Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brighthouse Financial	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Genworth Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BHF or GNW?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brighthouse Financial	$4.72B	0.54	$388M	$8.34	5.36
Genworth Financial	$7.07B	0.48	$299M	$0.45	18.52

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BHF or GNW?

81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Genworth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Genworth Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, BHF or GNW?

Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genworth Financial has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BHF or GNW?

In the previous week, Genworth Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Genworth Financial and 9 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Genworth Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Brighthouse Financial's score of 0.23 indicating that Genworth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brighthouse Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Genworth Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Brighthouse Financial and Genworth Financial tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.