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Genworth Financial (GNW) Competitors

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$7.06 +0.14 (+2.02%)
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GNW vs. AFG, AIZ, KMPR, HMN, AIG, HIG, L, GL, PRI, and VOYA

Should you be buying Genworth Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genworth Financial include American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Globe Life (GL), Primerica (PRI), and Voya Financial (VOYA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Genworth Financial vs. Its Competitors

American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) and Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

American Financial Group has a net margin of 10.66% compared to Genworth Financial's net margin of 4.10%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 20.30% beat Genworth Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Financial Group10.66% 20.30% 2.93%
Genworth Financial 4.10%2.96%0.31%

American Financial Group has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genworth Financial has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

64.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Genworth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Genworth Financial shares are held by 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.

American Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Genworth Financial. American Financial Group 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
American Financial Group$8.24B1.27$887M$9.5213.16
Genworth Financial$7.08B0.41$76M$0.5014.12

In the previous week, American Financial Group had 7 more articles in the media than Genworth Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for American Financial Group and 1 mentions for Genworth Financial. Genworth Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat American Financial Group's score of 1.26 indicating that Genworth Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Financial Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Genworth Financial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Genworth Financial received 223 more outperform votes than American Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.85% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American Financial GroupOutperform Votes
321
59.44%
Underperform Votes
219
40.56%
Genworth FinancialOutperform Votes
544
60.85%
Underperform Votes
350
39.15%

American Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $138.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.74%. Genworth Financial has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.40%. Given Genworth Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Genworth Financial is more favorable than American Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Genworth Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

American Financial Group beats Genworth Financial on 10 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

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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GNW vs. The Competition

MetricGenworth FinancialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.93B$22.35B$11.73B$19.87B
Dividend YieldN/A3.29%5.66%3.83%
P/E Ratio10.388.3123.0535.60
Price / Sales0.411.3226.8643.81
Price / Cash15.039.7017.6017.51
Price / Book0.321.412.894.85
Net Income$76M$1.64B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.24%0.37%1.53%1.94%
1 Month Performance-2.01%0.88%1.45%3.02%
1 Year Performance15.74%14.63%540.37%9.87%

Genworth Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNW
Genworth Financial
3.7138 of 5 stars
$7.06
+2.0%
$8.50
+20.4%
+14.7%$2.93B$7.08B10.382,500Positive News
AFG
American Financial Group
4.795 of 5 stars
$124.81
+0.7%
$138.75
+11.2%
-2.0%$10.44B$8.24B11.816,900Positive News
AIZ
Assurant
4.9054 of 5 stars
$204.10
+0.5%
$228.67
+12.0%
+15.9%$10.38B$12.07B14.1013,700Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↓
KMPR
Kemper
4.7219 of 5 stars
$64.04
+0.5%
$79.40
+24.0%
+8.6%$4.10B$4.68B13.049,500News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
HMN
Horace Mann Educators
3.882 of 5 stars
$43.74
+0.7%
$46.00
+5.2%
+26.3%$1.78B$1.57B17.641,450Insider Trade
AIG
American International Group
4.4205 of 5 stars
$85.73
+1.3%
$88.12
+2.8%
+13.6%$49.41B$27.28B-41.2226,200Positive News
Options Volume
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
4.702 of 5 stars
$129.83
0.0%
$129.71
-0.1%
+25.0%$36.88B$26.76B12.5418,100Positive News
L
Loews
4.2843 of 5 stars
$89.64
+0.4%
$112.00
+24.9%
+19.4%$18.80B$17.50B14.0112,000
GL
Globe Life
4.6216 of 5 stars
$122.20
+0.3%
$137.73
+12.7%
+48.6%$10.09B$5.84B10.233,540
PRI
Primerica
4.2031 of 5 stars
$271.32
+0.3%
$308.00
+13.5%
+17.4%$8.98B$3.16B19.733,440Positive News
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9957 of 5 stars
$66.10
-0.6%
$81.92
+23.9%
-7.6%$6.36B$7.83B10.806,000Positive News

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