Voya Financial (VOYA) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VOYA or CRBG?

96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate VOYA or CRBG?

Voya Financial currently has a consensus target price of $82.08, indicating a potential upside of 12.99%. Corebridge Financial has a consensus target price of $38.45, indicating a potential upside of 8.87%. Given Voya Financial's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

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 2.5%. Corebridge Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Corebridge Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$8.05B	0.87	$667M	$5.30	13.71
Corebridge Financial	$19.58B	0.99	$2.23B	$1.18	29.93

Does the media prefer VOYA or CRBG?

In the previous week, Corebridge Financial had 28 more articles in the media than Voya Financial. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Corebridge Financial and 5 mentions for Voya Financial. Corebridge Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Voya Financial's score of 0.57 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corebridge Financial	12 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VOYA or CRBG more profitable?

Voya Financial has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Corebridge Financial's net margin of 3.73%. Corebridge Financial's return on equity of 22.19% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Voya Financial	7.18%	14.05%	0.51%
Corebridge Financial	3.73%	22.19%	0.73%

Which has more volatility and risk, VOYA or CRBG?

Voya Financial has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Corebridge Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corebridge Financial beats Voya Financial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.