Jackson Financial (JXN) Competitors

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

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 3.9%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Jackson Financial pays out 310.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryan Specialty pays out 141.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jackson Financial has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Ryan Specialty has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Jackson Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, JXN or RYAN?

Jackson Financial has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend JXN or RYAN?

Jackson Financial presently has a consensus price target of $94.80, suggesting a potential upside of 15.85%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus price target of $75.58, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Given Jackson Financial's higher possible upside, equities 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JXN or RYAN?

Ryan Specialty received 29 more outperform votes than Jackson Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.44% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote while only 17.19% of users gave Jackson Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jackson Financial	Outperform Votes 11 17.19%	Underperform Votes 53 82.81%
Ryan Specialty	Outperform Votes 40 44.44%	Underperform Votes 50 55.56%

Do institutionals & insiders 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, 52.2% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and 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	$7.17B	0.81	$934M	$1.03	79.45
Ryan Specialty	$2.65B	6.58	$61.04M	$0.34	195.62

Does the media refer more to JXN or RYAN?

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 1 more articles in the media than Jackson Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 7 mentions for Jackson Financial. Jackson Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.95 indicating that Jackson Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jackson Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryan Specialty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ryan Specialty beats Jackson Financial on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.