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PRU vs. BHF, AIZ, AMP, CNO, EQH, LNC, MET, ORI, PFG, and RDN

Should you be buying Prudential Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prudential Financial include Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Assurant (AIZ), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Equitable (EQH), Lincoln National (LNC), MetLife (MET), Old Republic International (ORI), Principal Financial Group (PFG), and Radian Group (RDN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Prudential Financial vs. Its Competitors

Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) and Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Brighthouse Financial has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Prudential Financial's net margin of 2.75%. Brighthouse Financial's return on equity of 25.60% beat Prudential Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prudential Financial2.75% 15.80% 0.64%
Brighthouse Financial 8.71%25.60%0.54%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prudential Financial$59.46B0.60$2.73B$4.5122.33
Brighthouse Financial$4.72B0.56$388M$8.345.52

56.8% of Prudential Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Prudential Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Prudential Financial currently has a consensus price target of $121.75, indicating a potential upside of 20.88%. Brighthouse Financial has a consensus price target of $61.22, indicating a potential upside of 32.89%. Given Brighthouse Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brighthouse Financial is more favorable than Prudential Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prudential Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Brighthouse Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

Prudential Financial has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Prudential Financial had 19 more articles in the media than Brighthouse Financial. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Prudential Financial and 4 mentions for Brighthouse Financial. Prudential Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Brighthouse Financial's score of 0.78 indicating that Prudential Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prudential Financial
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brighthouse Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Prudential Financial and Brighthouse Financial tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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PRU vs. The Competition

MetricPrudential FinancialINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$36.64B$20.88B$12.17B$20.71B
Dividend Yield5.23%2.96%5.64%3.67%
P/E Ratio22.3311.7719.8628.65
Price / Sales0.602.0526.0069.00
Price / Cash7.4516.8421.4923.59
Price / Book1.152.012.114.32
Net Income$2.73B$1.62B$1.00B$995.66M
7 Day Performance0.08%3.43%1.01%1.91%
1 Month Performance-6.42%0.61%-0.11%-0.54%
1 Year Performance-7.36%21.46%543.15%14.76%

Prudential Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRU
Prudential Financial
4.7334 of 5 stars
$100.72
-3.2%
$121.75
+20.9%
-5.6%$36.64B$59.46B22.3338,196Dividend Announcement
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.8001 of 5 stars
$46.96
+1.7%
$60.30
+28.4%
+3.8%$2.70B$4.72B5.631,400Positive News
Earnings Report
AIZ
Assurant
4.7644 of 5 stars
$188.93
+1.3%
$228.83
+21.1%
+18.4%$9.61B$11.88B14.7314,200Earnings Report
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.5663 of 5 stars
$506.51
+1.3%
$534.71
+5.6%
+26.8%$48.23B$17.47B15.7613,600Positive News
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.5863 of 5 stars
$35.85
+1.0%
$43.40
+21.1%
+15.3%$3.55B$4.38B13.233,500Dividend Announcement
EQH
Equitable
4.4637 of 5 stars
$51.03
+1.9%
$65.30
+28.0%
+35.5%$15.39B$14.78B13.878,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
LNC
Lincoln National
4.7374 of 5 stars
$37.90
+2.8%
$39.00
+2.9%
+32.3%$6.47B$18.07B6.629,783Analyst Forecast
MET
MetLife
4.9882 of 5 stars
$74.86
+1.1%
$96.10
+28.4%
+7.4%$50.25B$72.28B12.1745,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
ORI
Old Republic International
4.4681 of 5 stars
$36.33
+1.2%
$41.50
+14.2%
+10.7%$8.98B$8.23B12.449,400Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.4305 of 5 stars
$75.88
+0.5%
$86.70
+14.3%
+3.4%$16.90B$15.13B11.3619,300
RDN
Radian Group
3.2923 of 5 stars
$32.86
-0.2%
$37.00
+12.6%
-0.5%$4.41B$1.29B8.281,400Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:PRU) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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