Jackson Financial (JXN) Competitors

Jackson Financial (NYSE:JXN) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, JXN or RYAN?

Jackson Financial has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JXN or RYAN a better dividend stock?

Jackson Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Jackson Financial pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 69.6% 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. Jackson Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, JXN or RYAN?

Jackson Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Jackson Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, 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
Jackson Financial	$3.09B	1.84	$934M	$11.45	6.85
Ryan Specialty	$2.52B	6.77	$61.04M	$0.69	94.23

Does the media favor JXN or RYAN?

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 7 more articles in the media than Jackson Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 8 mentions for Jackson Financial. Ryan Specialty's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Jackson Financial's score of 0.82 indicating that Ryan Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jackson Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryan Specialty	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate JXN or RYAN?

Jackson Financial presently has a consensus target price of $91.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.53%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus target price of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.37%. Given Jackson Financial's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Jackson Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jackson Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Ryan Specialty	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Do insiders and institutionals believe in JXN or RYAN?

90.0% of Jackson Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Jackson Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JXN or RYAN?

Ryan Specialty received 28 more outperform votes than Jackson Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.18% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote while only 16.39% of users gave Jackson Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jackson Financial	Outperform Votes 10 16.39%	Underperform Votes 51 83.61%
Ryan Specialty	Outperform Votes 38 43.18%	Underperform Votes 50 56.82%

Is JXN or RYAN more profitable?

Ryan Specialty has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Jackson Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.01% beat Jackson Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jackson Financial	N/A	14.99%	0.43%
Ryan Specialty	9.14%	48.01%	6.33%

Summary

Ryan Specialty beats Jackson Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.