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PUK vs. CB, MFC, SLF, WTW, PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, AEG, and EG

Should you be buying Prudential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prudential include Chubb (CB), Manulife Financial (MFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Willis Towers Watson Public (WTW), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Everest Group (EG). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Prudential vs.

Prudential (NYSE:PUK) and Chubb (NYSE:CB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Chubb has a net margin of 16.63% compared to Prudential's net margin of 0.00%. Chubb's return on equity of 13.75% beat Prudential's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PrudentialN/A N/A N/A
Chubb 16.63%13.75%3.79%

Prudential has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

1.9% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Chubb shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Chubb received 279 more outperform votes than Prudential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 61.52% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PrudentialOutperform Votes
454
61.52%
Underperform Votes
284
38.48%
ChubbOutperform Votes
733
62.86%
Underperform Votes
433
37.14%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prudential$8.14B3.62$1.70B$2.329.73
Chubb$56.73B2.03$9.27B$20.7813.82

In the previous week, Chubb had 46 more articles in the media than Prudential. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Chubb and 5 mentions for Prudential. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Prudential's score of 1.06 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prudential
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chubb
32 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Chubb has a consensus target price of $307.53, indicating a potential upside of 7.12%. Given Chubb's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chubb is more favorable than Prudential.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prudential
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Chubb
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Prudential pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Prudential pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 18.7% 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. Chubb has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Summary

Chubb beats Prudential on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PUK vs. The Competition

MetricPrudentialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.49B$21.88B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.80%3.21%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio9.738.2222.4234.53
Price / Sales3.621.2927.6334.84
Price / Cash10.269.7017.6217.51
Price / Book1.731.392.774.69
Net Income$1.70B$1.64B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.44%-2.00%-1.34%-2.43%
1 Month Performance6.24%5.51%5.24%6.27%
1 Year Performance15.57%11.42%538.04%5.78%

Prudential Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PUK
Prudential
3.438 of 5 stars
$22.57
-0.7%
N/A+12.9%$29.49B$8.14B9.7314,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CB
Chubb
4.861 of 5 stars
$289.46
-0.1%
$307.86
+6.4%
+7.4%$115.99B$56.73B12.7434,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.7727 of 5 stars
$31.61
+2.8%
$45.50
+43.9%
+17.8%$54.14B$45.58B15.2740,000Positive News
Gap Up
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.8535 of 5 stars
$62.48
+0.5%
$88.00
+40.8%
+24.3%$35.46B$28.68B16.2729,200Positive News
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.0855 of 5 stars
$307.46
-0.5%
$351.55
+14.3%
+20.2%$30.48B$9.81B-307.4646,600Positive News
Dividend Announcement
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.8183 of 5 stars
$81.70
+3.5%
$83.54
+2.3%
-7.1%$18.32B$15.77B12.2319,300News Coverage
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.5787 of 5 stars
$69.12
-0.9%
$75.67
+9.5%
+23.8%$18.10B$2.65B100.173,850Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.4508 of 5 stars
$32.57
+4.6%
$36.62
+12.4%
+1.9%$17.92B$16.06B8.627,700Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
EQH
Equitable
4.4707 of 5 stars
$53.90
+5.0%
$61.08
+13.3%
+28.2%$16.38B$14.78B14.118,200Positive News
Dividend Increase
AEG
Aegon
3.7006 of 5 stars
$6.76
+0.7%
N/A+2.5%$14.89B$19.52B7.0422,300Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
EG
Everest Group
4.8702 of 5 stars
$348.35
+0.1%
$397.18
+14.0%
-15.9%$14.82B$17.23B11.092,430Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:PUK) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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