Voya Financial (VOYA) Competitors

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

Does the media favor VOYA or CRBG?

In the previous week, Voya Financial and Voya Financial both had 9 articles in the media. Corebridge Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Voya Financial's score of 1.23 indicating that Corebridge Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Voya Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corebridge Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VOYA or CRBG?

Voya Financial received 564 more outperform votes than Corebridge Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.50% of users gave Corebridge Financial an outperform vote while only 67.47% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Voya Financial	Outperform Votes 618 67.47%	Underperform Votes 298 32.53%
Corebridge Financial	Outperform Votes 54 67.50%	Underperform Votes 26 32.50%

Is VOYA or CRBG a better dividend stock?

Voya Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Corebridge Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Voya Financial pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corebridge Financial pays out 81.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Voya Financial has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Corebridge Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is VOYA or CRBG more profitable?

Corebridge Financial has a net margin of 11.39% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 8.29%. Corebridge Financial's return on equity of 22.69% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Voya Financial	8.29%	14.10%	0.51%
Corebridge Financial	11.39%	22.69%	0.74%

Do analysts prefer VOYA or CRBG?

Voya Financial presently has a consensus price target of $81.92, suggesting a potential upside of 20.36%. Corebridge Financial has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.99%. Given Voya Financial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Corebridge Financial.

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
Corebridge Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VOYA or CRBG?

96.1% of Voya Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Voya Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VOYA or CRBG?

Corebridge Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Voya Financial. Voya Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corebridge Financial, 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	$7.83B	0.84	$667M	$5.30	12.84
Corebridge Financial	$16.06B	1.13	$2.23B	$1.18	28.00

Which has more volatility and risk, VOYA or CRBG?

Voya Financial has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corebridge Financial has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corebridge Financial beats Voya Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.