Prudential (PUK) Competitors

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PUK vs. MFC, SLF, WTW, PFG, CRBG, RYAN, EQH, AEG, EG, and KNSL

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

Prudential vs.

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

Prudential has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

1.9% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial 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 pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Manulife Financial pays out 59.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manulife Financial has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Manulife Financial received 6 more outperform votes than Prudential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Manulife Financial an outperform vote while only 61.66% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PrudentialOutperform Votes
452
61.66%
Underperform Votes
281
38.34%
Manulife FinancialOutperform Votes
458
67.95%
Underperform Votes
216
32.05%

In the previous week, Prudential had 1 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Prudential and 7 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Prudential's score of 0.67 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Prudential
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Manulife Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.81%. Given Manulife Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Prudential.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Prudential
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Manulife Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 9.79% compared to Prudential's net margin of 0.00%. Manulife Financial's return on equity of 16.11% beat Prudential's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PrudentialN/A N/A N/A
Manulife Financial 9.79%16.11%0.77%

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Prudential.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Prudential$19.50B1.24$1.70BN/AN/A
Manulife Financial$36.10B1.42$4.05B$2.0714.33

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Prudential on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PUK vs. The Competition

MetricPrudentialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$22.26B$21.55B$12.10B$20.35B
Dividend Yield1.63%2.91%5.71%3.67%
P/E RatioN/A8.0421.7740.17
Price / Sales1.241.2727.9816.25
Price / Cash9.4921.3918.3520.33
Price / Book1.401.462.745.73
Net Income$1.70B$1.27B$1.03B$1.00B
7 Day Performance7.80%0.61%0.51%0.13%
1 Month Performance15.63%3.53%2.40%1.37%
1 Year Performance-13.93%14.32%16.35%16.03%

Prudential Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PUK
Prudential
2.4672 of 5 stars
$18.30
-0.1%
N/A-13.9%$22.26B$19.50B0.0015,030Positive News
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9162 of 5 stars
$29.86
-0.9%
$37.50
+25.6%
+20.2%$51.45B$36.10B14.4240,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
SLF
Sun Life Financial
3.7003 of 5 stars
$58.85
-0.6%
N/A+2.3%$36.96B$45.44B13.1130,941Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
WTW
Willis Towers Watson Public
3.0131 of 5 stars
$325.18
-0.2%
$338.69
+4.2%
+15.5%$32.75B$9.93B-325.1848,000
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.1959 of 5 stars
$84.38
+2.5%
$85.38
+1.2%
+7.0%$19.30B$16.13B12.6319,800Positive News
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.0985 of 5 stars
$33.12
-1.0%
$36.43
+10.0%
+30.6%$18.84B$21.21B-15.845,700Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.8033 of 5 stars
$67.88
-0.6%
$74.40
+9.6%
+49.6%$17.77B$2.08B88.164,350Upcoming Earnings
EQH
Equitable
4.0926 of 5 stars
$53.72
+0.1%
$54.33
+1.1%
+61.8%$16.83B$12.44B14.068,500Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
AEG
Aegon
1.7569 of 5 stars
$6.59
+0.5%
N/A+16.5%$14.52B$11.24B0.0020,634
EG
Everest Group
4.9093 of 5 stars
$333.70
-1.3%
$411.89
+23.4%
-9.4%$14.34B$17.28B10.622,844Short Interest ↑
Positive News
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
2.7591 of 5 stars
$485.50
-0.8%
$468.89
-3.4%
-10.9%$11.31B$1.22B27.68470Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:PUK) was last updated on 2/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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