GNW vs. BHF, NWLI, AEL, FG, LNC, JXN, VOYA, GL, PRI, and HIW
Should you be buying Genworth Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genworth Financial include Brighthouse Financial (BHF), National Western Life Group (NWLI), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Lincoln National (LNC), Jackson Financial (JXN), Voya Financial (VOYA), Globe Life (GL), Primerica (PRI), and Highwoods Properties (HIW). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) and Genworth Financial (NYSE:GNW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Genworth Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Genworth Financial and 5 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Genworth Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Brighthouse Financial's score of 0.90 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of Genworth Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brighthouse Financial presently has a consensus target price of $51.14, suggesting a potential upside of 4.95%. Genworth Financial has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.76%. Given Brighthouse Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Genworth Financial is more favorable than Brighthouse Financial.
Genworth Financial has a net margin of 0.21% compared to Genworth Financial's net margin of -27.01%. Genworth Financial's return on equity of 20.71% beat Brighthouse Financial's return on equity.
Genworth Financial received 181 more outperform votes than Brighthouse Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave Genworth Financial an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote.
Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genworth Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genworth Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Brighthouse Financial. Genworth Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brighthouse Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Genworth Financial beats Brighthouse Financial on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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