Voya Financial (VOYA) Competitors

Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer VOYA or RYAN?

Voya Financial presently has a consensus price target of $80.92, suggesting a potential upside of 36.44%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus price target of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.22%. Given Voya Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Voya Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Ryan Specialty	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Is VOYA or RYAN a better dividend stock?

Voya Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Voya Financial pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty pays out 69.6% 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. Voya Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VOYA or RYAN?

96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is VOYA or RYAN more profitable?

Ryan Specialty has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 8.29%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.01% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Voya Financial	8.29%	14.10%	0.51%
Ryan Specialty	9.14%	48.01%	6.33%

Does the media prefer VOYA or RYAN?

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 2 more articles in the media than Voya Financial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 13 mentions for Voya Financial. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 0.98 indicating that Voya Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Voya Financial	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryan Specialty	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, VOYA or RYAN?

Voya Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Voya Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, 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
Voya Financial	$7.89B	0.72	$667M	$6.12	9.69
Ryan Specialty	$2.52B	6.78	$61.04M	$0.69	94.36

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VOYA or RYAN?

Voya Financial received 577 more outperform votes than Ryan Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.51% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 43.18% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Voya Financial	Outperform Votes 615 67.51%	Underperform Votes 296 32.49%
Ryan Specialty	Outperform Votes 38 43.18%	Underperform Votes 50 56.82%

Which has more risk & volatility, VOYA or RYAN?

Voya Financial has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Voya Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.