PRI vs. UNM, LNC, AEL, CNO, NWLI, CIA, MET, AFL, PRU, and SLF
Should you be buying Primerica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primerica include Unum Group (UNM), Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), CNO Financial Group (CNO), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Citizens (CIA), MetLife (MET), Aflac (AFL), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Sun Life Financial (SLF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Primerica vs.
Primerica (NYSE:PRI) and Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Primerica pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Primerica pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unum Group pays out 21.7% 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.
90.9% of Primerica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Unum Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Primerica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unum Group shares are held 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.
Primerica has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Primerica received 434 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 46.44% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform Primerica Outperform Votes 812
68.93%
Underperform Votes 366
31.07%
Unum Group Outperform Votes 378
46.44%
Underperform Votes 436
53.56%
In the previous week, Primerica had 5 more articles in the media than Unum Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Primerica and 5 mentions for Unum Group. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Primerica's score of 0.98 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Primerica 8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive Unum Group 3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive Primerica has a net margin of 20.44% compared to Unum Group's net margin of 10.52%. Primerica's return on equity of 27.35% beat Unum Group's return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Primerica 20.44% 27.35% 3.97% Unum Group 10.52% 16.02% 2.51% Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than Primerica. Unum Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, 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 Primerica $2.87B 2.67 $576.60M $16.43 13.55 Unum Group $12.47B 0.79 $1.28B $6.73 7.77 Primerica currently has a consensus target price of $245.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.27%. Unum Group has a consensus target price of $57.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Primerica's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Primerica is more favorable than Unum Group.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Primerica 0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20 Unum Group 0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Summary
Primerica beats Unum Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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PRI vs. The Competition
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| Metric | Primerica | Life insurance Industry | Finance Sector | NYSE Exchange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $7.66B | $17.25B | $9.33B | $17.68B |
| Dividend Yield | 1.32% | 2.95% | 10.58% | 3.53% |
| P/E Ratio | 13.55 | 9.46 | 48.50 | 25.83 |
| Price / Sales | 2.67 | 1.29 | 232.56 | 10.26 |
| Price / Cash | 8.99 | 21.83 | 16.89 | 15.71 |
| Price / Book | 3.78 | 1.34 | 2.47 | 5.08 |
| Net Income | $576.60M | $1.02B | $1.01B | $975.92M |
| 7 Day Performance | -3.54% | -1.46% | -1.24% | -1.61% |
| 1 Month Performance | 4.30% | 4.79% | 1.85% | 4.32% |
| 1 Year Performance | 20.65% | 27.51% | 25.10% | 23.08% |
Primerica Competitors List
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| Company | MarketRank | Share Price | Analysts' Price Target | 1Y Price Performance | Market Cap | Revenue | P/E Ratio | Employee Count | Indicator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNMUnum Group | 4.764 of 5 stars | $52.27 -0.8% | $57.38 +9.8% | +14.9% | $9.90B | $12.47B | 7.77 | 10,812 | Positive News |
| LNCLincoln National | 4.9742 of 5 stars | $32.22 -1.3% | $29.90 -7.2% | +50.7% | $5.48B | $11.65B | 4.41 | 11,024 | Dividend Announcement Insider Selling |
| AELAmerican Equity Investment Life | 2.881 of 5 stars | $56.47 +0.6% | $55.33 -2.0% | +40.9% | $4.49B | $2.84B | 26.39 | 995 | Analyst Forecast High Trading Volume |
| CNOCNO Financial Group | 4.6625 of 5 stars | $28.06 -1.3% | $27.50 -2.0% | +27.0% | $3.04B | $4.15B | 8.18 | 3,500 | Insider Selling Short Interest ↓ Positive News |
| NWLINational Western Life Group | 3.5253 of 5 stars | $489.01 +0.2% | N/A | +28.7% | $1.78B | $703.35M | 11.10 | 351 | Positive News |
| CIACitizens | 1.0768 of 5 stars | $2.88 +1.8% | N/A | +65.5% | $142.77M | $242.48M | 6.13 | 232 | Gap Down |
| METMetLife | 4.9767 of 5 stars | $70.98 -2.2% | $79.08 +11.4% | +37.0% | $50.48B | $66.91B | 24.39 | 45,000 | |
| AFLAflac | 4.4461 of 5 stars | $87.26 -0.5% | $82.38 -5.6% | +35.3% | $49.58B | $18.70B | 9.63 | 12,785 | Short Interest ↑ |
| PRUPrudential Financial | 4.7504 of 5 stars | $117.73 -1.4% | $115.25 -2.1% | +46.9% | $42.27B | $50.89B | 20.02 | 40,658 | |
| SLFSun Life Financial | 4.8946 of 5 stars | $50.56 -1.0% | $77.00 +52.3% | +2.8% | $29.38B | $27.80B | 12.93 | 30,941 | Short Interest ↑ High Trading Volume |
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