Prudential (PUK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PUK or CB?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer PUK or CB?

Chubb has a consensus price target of $307.53, indicating a potential upside of 6.38%. 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PUK or CB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Prudential	$8.14B	3.89	$1.70B	$2.32	10.47
Chubb	$56.73B	2.04	$9.27B	$20.78	13.91

Does the media favor PUK or CB?

In the previous week, Chubb had 27 more articles in the media than Prudential. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Chubb and 14 mentions for Prudential. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Prudential's score of 0.90 indicating that Chubb is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Prudential	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chubb	28 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PUK or CB?

Chubb received 275 more outperform votes than Prudential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 61.73% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Prudential	Outperform Votes 458 61.73%	Underperform Votes 284 38.27%
Chubb	Outperform Votes 733 62.86%	Underperform Votes 433 37.14%

Is PUK or CB a better dividend stock?

Prudential pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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 raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

Is PUK or CB more profitable?

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
Prudential	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chubb	16.63%	13.75%	3.79%

Which has more risk and volatility, PUK or CB?

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

Summary

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