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

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), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Chubb has a net margin of 15.05% compared to Prudential Public's net margin of 0.00%. Chubb's return on equity of 12.37% beat Prudential Public's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chubb15.05% 12.37% 3.43%
Prudential Public N/A N/A N/A

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 1.62 beat Chubb's score of 0.97 indicating that Prudential Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chubb
32 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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 presently has a consensus target price of $306.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. Given Chubb's higher possible upside, equities research 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59
Prudential Public
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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$56.73B1.98$9.27B$20.7813.47
Prudential Public$16.66B1.96$2.29B$2.3210.83

Chubb has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential Public has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Prudential Public pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Chubb pays out 18.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Prudential Public pays out 28.0% 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.

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

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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PUK vs. The Competition

MetricPrudential PublicINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.47B$20.75B$11.92B$20.52B
Dividend Yield2.68%2.96%5.57%3.78%
P/E Ratio10.8313.5819.9827.79
Price / Sales1.962.1325.3940.41
Price / Cash13.1917.7121.4422.26
Price / Book1.784.022.264.58
Net Income$2.29B$1.60B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.58%0.55%0.22%0.41%
1 Month Performance5.21%2.67%2.88%3.59%
1 Year Performance35.82%19.66%541.16%14.47%

Prudential Public Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PUK
Prudential Public
4.4528 of 5 stars
$25.12
+3.5%
N/A+35.5%$31.47B$16.66B10.8315,412
CB
Chubb
4.848 of 5 stars
$279.84
-1.4%
$306.00
+9.3%
+10.6%$113.73B$55.75B13.4743,000Analyst Downgrade
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9877 of 5 stars
$30.63
-3.9%
$48.50
+58.3%
+13.0%$54.45B$38.90B16.0437,000Positive News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.9471 of 5 stars
$62.75
-4.1%
$88.00
+40.2%
+26.6%$36.86B$28.32B15.9731,768News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.2289 of 5 stars
$305.30
-0.4%
$355.20
+16.3%
+17.5%$30.40B$9.93B-610.5948,900Analyst Forecast
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.4171 of 5 stars
$35.09
-1.9%
$38.64
+10.1%
+21.0%$19.67B$19.58B29.745,200Analyst Forecast
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.6582 of 5 stars
$80.19
-1.0%
N/AN/A$18.16B$15.77B17.1719,700
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
3.7673 of 5 stars
$66.38
-0.6%
$75.25
+13.4%
+14.6%$17.53B$2.52B195.245,250Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
4.4038 of 5 stars
$54.62
-1.9%
$62.64
+14.7%
+35.8%$16.92B$12.44B14.848,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEG
Aegon
4.5968 of 5 stars
$7.09
-2.6%
N/A+14.4%$16.05B$10.65B7.3923,123
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$63.00
-1.8%
N/AN/A$15.43B$14.10B190.915,000News Coverage
Positive News

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