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

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

Prudential Public vs. Its Competitors

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

1.9% of Prudential Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Chubb shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chubb shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Prudential Public has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Chubb has a net margin of 16.08% compared to Prudential Public's net margin of 0.00%. Chubb's return on equity of 12.34% beat Prudential Public's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Prudential PublicN/A N/A N/A
Chubb 16.08%12.34%3.47%

In the previous week, Chubb had 43 more articles in the media than Prudential Public. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Chubb and 2 mentions for Prudential Public. Prudential Public's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Chubb's score of 1.25 indicating that Prudential Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prudential Public
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Chubb
35 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Prudential Public pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Prudential Public pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 17.1% 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. Chubb is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Chubb has a consensus target price of $303.72, indicating a potential upside of 5.01%. Given Chubb's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chubb is more favorable than Prudential Public.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prudential Public
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Chubb
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Chubb has higher revenue and earnings than Prudential Public. Prudential Public 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 Public$21.26B1.69$2.29B$2.3212.05
Chubb$55.75B2.07$9.27B$22.6712.76

Summary

Chubb beats Prudential Public on 16 of the 20 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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PUK vs. The Competition

MetricPrudential PublicINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$35.89B$21.07B$12.71B$21.94B
Dividend Yield1.05%2.60%5.51%3.56%
P/E Ratio12.0513.6130.2129.65
Price / Sales1.692.1930.4497.82
Price / Cash14.8718.0919.7218.33
Price / Book1.983.492.304.61
Net Income$2.29B$1.62B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.04%0.48%0.14%0.14%
1 Month Performance5.90%-0.10%0.51%2.33%
1 Year Performance49.11%18.87%541.16%13.85%

Prudential Public Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PUK
Prudential Public
3.7691 of 5 stars
$27.95
-0.1%
N/A+49.5%$35.89B$21.26B12.0515,412
CB
Chubb
4.9343 of 5 stars
$279.41
-0.5%
$303.06
+8.5%
-1.5%$111.91B$55.75B12.3343,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9872 of 5 stars
$31.01
+0.7%
$48.50
+56.4%
+6.8%$52.16B$38.90B13.8437,000
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
2.8499 of 5 stars
$342.20
+0.1%
$363.42
+6.2%
+20.2%$33.35B$9.81B234.3948,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.9672 of 5 stars
$59.42
+0.8%
$88.00
+48.1%
+4.8%$33.03B$28.32B14.7131,768Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.3143 of 5 stars
$82.47
-0.2%
N/AN/A$18.41B$15.13B16.5919,700
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.7866 of 5 stars
$32.98
-0.5%
$40.80
+23.7%
+7.5%$17.85B$19.58B-54.075,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
0.4074 of 5 stars
$69.16
+1.1%
N/AN/A$16.46B$14.10B203.435,000Positive News
AEG
Aegon
4.446 of 5 stars
$7.92
-0.4%
N/A+25.4%$15.95B$17.05B8.2423,123
EQH
Equitable
4.3826 of 5 stars
$52.25
-0.3%
$64.55
+23.5%
+18.7%$15.69B$12.44B42.148,000Analyst Forecast
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.5127 of 5 stars
$55.83
+0.4%
$73.92
+32.4%
-19.8%$14.66B$2.52B159.515,250Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:PUK) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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