JXN vs. RYAN, PFG, CRBG, EQH, AEG, EG, BNT, KNSL, GL, and BNRE
Should you be buying Jackson Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jackson Financial include Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Everest Group (EG), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Globe Life (GL), and Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Jackson Financial vs.
Jackson Financial (NYSE:JXN) and Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Jackson Financial presently has a consensus price target of $94.80, indicating a potential upside of 15.86%. Ryan Specialty has a consensus price target of $75.58, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. Given Jackson Financial's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Jackson Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.
Ryan Specialty has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Jackson Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.01% beat Jackson Financial's return on equity.
90.0% of Jackson Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Jackson Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 52.2% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Jackson Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Jackson 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.
In the previous week, Jackson Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Ryan Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Jackson Financial and 9 mentions for Ryan Specialty. Jackson Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 1.15 indicating that Jackson Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jackson Financial has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ryan Specialty received 29 more outperform votes than Jackson Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.44% of users gave Ryan Specialty an outperform vote while only 17.19% of users gave Jackson Financial an outperform vote.
Jackson Financial pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Jackson Financial pays out 310.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryan Specialty pays out 141.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jackson Financial has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Ryan Specialty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Jackson Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Ryan Specialty beats Jackson Financial on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:JXN) was last updated on 5/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
