PRI vs. UNM, LNC, CNO, CIA, AFL, MET, PRU, PUK, CRBG, and AEG
Should you be buying Primerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primerica include Unum Group (UNM), Lincoln National (LNC), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Citizens (CIA), Aflac (AFL), MetLife (MET), Prudential Financial (PRU), Prudential (PUK), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Primerica vs. Its Competitors
Primerica (NYSE:PRI) and Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than Primerica. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Primerica has a net margin of 15.14% compared to Unum Group's net margin of 13.81%. Primerica's return on equity of 31.11% beat Unum Group's return on equity.
Primerica pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Primerica pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unum Group pays out 19.8% 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. Primerica has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Unum Group has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Unum Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Unum Group had 4 more articles in the media than Primerica. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Unum Group and 7 mentions for Primerica. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Primerica's score of 1.29 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Primerica received 411 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.93% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 47.74% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.
90.9% of Primerica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Primerica shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Primerica has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Primerica presently has a consensus target price of $308.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.76%. Unum Group has a consensus target price of $88.29, suggesting a potential upside of 12.39%. Given Primerica's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Primerica is more favorable than Unum Group.
Summary
Primerica and Unum Group tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PRI) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
