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PRI vs. BHF, AMP, CNO, L, MET, PFG, PRU, SLF, VOYA, and UNM

Should you be buying Primerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primerica include Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Loews (L), MetLife (MET), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Prudential Financial (PRU), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Voya Financial (VOYA), and Unum Group (UNM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Primerica vs. Its Competitors

Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) and Primerica (NYSE:PRI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Primerica shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Primerica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primerica has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Brighthouse Financial presently has a consensus price target of $60.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.05%. Primerica has a consensus price target of $308.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.31%. Given Brighthouse Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Primerica.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brighthouse Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Primerica
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Primerica has a net margin of 15.82% compared to Brighthouse Financial's net margin of 8.71%. Primerica's return on equity of 32.30% beat Brighthouse Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brighthouse Financial8.71% 25.60% 0.54%
Primerica 15.82%32.30%4.74%

In the previous week, Primerica had 1 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Primerica and 5 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Primerica's score of 0.93 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brighthouse Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Primerica
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Primerica has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brighthouse Financial$4.72B0.65$388M$8.346.45
Primerica$3.09B2.94$470.52M$14.8718.44

Summary

Primerica beats Brighthouse Financial on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PRI vs. The Competition

MetricPrimericaINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.20B$14.38B$12.03B$20.53B
Dividend Yield1.50%3.63%5.58%3.77%
P/E Ratio18.4413.9219.9527.85
Price / Sales2.941.5225.5437.49
Price / Cash7.418.5021.3421.91
Price / Book4.051.402.264.55
Net Income$470.52M$1.16B$1.00B$984.95M
7 Day Performance3.14%0.20%1.75%2.31%
1 Month Performance0.65%0.32%3.79%4.85%
1 Year Performance16.21%11.51%540.42%13.81%

Primerica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRI
Primerica
4.1857 of 5 stars
$274.24
-1.4%
$308.00
+12.3%
+15.2%$9.20B$3.09B18.442,874
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.3889 of 5 stars
$53.77
-1.2%
$60.80
+13.1%
+22.6%$3.09B$6.69B6.451,400
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.6177 of 5 stars
$534.26
+1.2%
$519.00
-2.9%
+25.0%$50.87B$17.26B18.1513,500Positive News
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.1392 of 5 stars
$38.57
+0.3%
$41.00
+6.3%
+34.5%$3.82B$4.45B13.493,500
L
Loews
3.6309 of 5 stars
$91.73
+1.5%
$112.00
+22.1%
+21.8%$19.24B$17.51B15.0613,000
MET
MetLife
4.9309 of 5 stars
$80.39
+0.0%
$94.17
+17.1%
+14.4%$53.97B$70.99B13.0745,000Trending News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.215 of 5 stars
$79.43
+0.3%
$83.85
+5.6%
+1.6%$17.81B$15.77B11.8919,300Positive News
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.9478 of 5 stars
$107.43
+0.3%
$120.15
+11.8%
-8.3%$38.03B$68.05B17.0339,900Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.9507 of 5 stars
$66.40
+0.7%
$88.00
+32.5%
+32.0%$37.42B$28.32B16.9029,200
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9846 of 5 stars
$71.01
+0.5%
$82.08
+15.6%
+2.1%$6.83B$8.05B13.4010,000
UNM
Unum Group
4.925 of 5 stars
$80.76
+0.4%
$88.29
+9.3%
+57.8%$14.08B$12.84B9.5111,063Analyst Forecast

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