PUK vs. LFCHY, MFC, PRU, MET, SLF, AEG, GL, CRBG, MFG, and AIG
Should you be buying Prudential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prudential include China Life Insurance (LFCHY), Manulife Financial (MFC), Prudential Financial (PRU), MetLife (MET), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Aegon (AEG), Globe Life (GL), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), and American International Group (AIG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Prudential vs.
Prudential (NYSE:PUK) and China Life Insurance (NYSE:LFCHY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Given Prudential's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Prudential is more favorable than China Life Insurance.
In the previous week, Prudential had 5 more articles in the media than China Life Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Prudential and 1 mentions for China Life Insurance. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat China Life Insurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the media.
China Life Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Prudential.
Prudential pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. China Life Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%.
Prudential has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Life Insurance has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
1.9% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Prudential received 432 more outperform votes than China Life Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave China Life Insurance an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote.
Summary
Prudential beats China Life Insurance on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PUK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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