LNC vs. AEL, PRI, NWLI, FG, JXN, BHF, GNW, VOYA, RGA, and AEG
Should you be buying Lincoln National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln National include American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Primerica (PRI), National Western Life Group (NWLI), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Jackson Financial (JXN), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Voya Financial (VOYA), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) and American Equity Investment Life (NYSE:AEL) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
72.8% of Lincoln National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of American Equity Investment Life shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Lincoln National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of American Equity Investment Life shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Lincoln National had 9 more articles in the media than American Equity Investment Life. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lincoln National and 1 mentions for American Equity Investment Life. Lincoln National's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat American Equity Investment Life's score of 0.00 indicating that Lincoln National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Equity Investment Life has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lincoln National. Lincoln National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Equity Investment Life, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lincoln National currently has a consensus price target of $28.45, suggesting a potential upside of 4.50%. American Equity Investment Life has a consensus price target of $52.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.79%. Given Lincoln National's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lincoln National is more favorable than American Equity Investment Life.
Lincoln National has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Equity Investment Life has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. American Equity Investment Life pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Lincoln National pays out -36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Equity Investment Life pays out 17.8% 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. Lincoln National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lincoln National received 57 more outperform votes than American Equity Investment Life when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.17% of users gave American Equity Investment Life an outperform vote while only 51.60% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote.
American Equity Investment Life has a net margin of 7.42% compared to Lincoln National's net margin of -6.46%. American Equity Investment Life's return on equity of 25.15% beat Lincoln National's return on equity.
Summary
American Equity Investment Life beats Lincoln National on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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