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

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

Prudential Public vs. Its Competitors

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

Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Prudential Public pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Chubb pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential Public pays out 12.5% 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 beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential Public has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

In the previous week, Chubb had 40 more articles in the media than Prudential Public. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Chubb and 7 mentions for Prudential Public. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Prudential Public's score of 0.75 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Chubb16.08% 12.34% 3.47%
Prudential Public N/A N/A N/A

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
Chubb$55.75B1.91$9.27B$22.6711.77
Prudential Public$16.66B2.08$2.29B$2.3211.64

Chubb currently has a consensus target price of $305.28, suggesting a potential upside of 14.37%. Given Chubb's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chubb is more favorable than Prudential Public.

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

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$34.60B$20.53B$12.51B$21.84B
Dividend Yield1.08%2.71%5.61%3.62%
P/E Ratio11.6313.0621.1832.72
Price / Sales2.082.1229.9264.21
Price / Cash14.5716.9419.3418.06
Price / Book1.923.342.274.71
Net Income$2.29B$1.62B$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.10%-2.64%-0.62%-0.02%
1 Month Performance-1.87%-4.57%-1.35%0.33%
1 Year Performance57.92%11.62%572.39%11.71%

Prudential Public Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PUK
Prudential Public
3.4037 of 5 stars
$27.01
+0.0%
N/A+53.1%$34.60B$16.66B11.6315,412
CB
Chubb
4.9822 of 5 stars
$282.42
-0.2%
$306.82
+8.6%
-11.1%$112.83B$55.75B12.4643,000Positive News
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9694 of 5 stars
$32.10
+1.3%
$48.00
+49.5%
+4.5%$53.72B$38.90B14.3337,000News Coverage
Insider Trade
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.9488 of 5 stars
$62.02
+0.7%
$88.50
+42.7%
+7.0%$37.84B$28.32B15.3531,768
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.1797 of 5 stars
$336.62
-0.1%
$369.42
+9.7%
+13.8%$32.87B$9.93B230.5648,900Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.3999 of 5 stars
$79.67
+0.3%
$88.60
+11.2%
-12.7%$17.75B$15.13B11.9319,300
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.6822 of 5 stars
$31.58
+1.0%
$39.91
+26.4%
+0.1%$16.83B$19.58B-51.775,200
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
0.1102 of 5 stars
$44.77
+3.8%
N/AN/A$15.55B$14.10B197.525,000Short Interest ↑
AEG
Aegon
4.3539 of 5 stars
$7.77
+1.2%
N/A+14.9%$15.39B$10.65B8.0923,123
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
4.1687 of 5 stars
$54.45
-1.4%
$71.08
+30.5%
-25.0%$14.56B$2.81B155.585,250Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.5698 of 5 stars
$350.77
+1.2%
$382.79
+9.1%
-8.7%$14.54B$17.28B18.623,037Positive News

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