PRI vs. LNC, AEL, GL, VOYA, JXN, FG, BHF, GNW, RGA, and AEG
Should you be buying Primerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primerica include Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Globe Life (GL), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), and Aegon (AEG). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.
Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) and Primerica (NYSE:PRI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Primerica pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lincoln National pays out -36.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primerica pays out 18.9% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Lincoln National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Primerica has a net margin of 20.37% compared to Primerica's net margin of -6.46%. Lincoln National's return on equity of 27.83% beat Primerica's return on equity.
Primerica received 328 more outperform votes than Lincoln National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.99% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 51.60% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote.
Primerica has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lincoln National. Lincoln National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lincoln National had 9 more articles in the media than Primerica. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Lincoln National and 4 mentions for Primerica. Lincoln National's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Primerica's score of 0.12 indicating that Primerica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
72.8% of Lincoln National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Primerica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lincoln National shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Primerica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lincoln National has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primerica has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lincoln National currently has a consensus target price of $28.45, suggesting a potential upside of 2.95%. Primerica has a consensus target price of $245.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.69%. Given Lincoln National's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Primerica is more favorable than Lincoln National.
Summary
Primerica beats Lincoln National on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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