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VOYA vs. PFG, RYAN, CRBG, EQH, AEG, EG, BNT, KNSL, GL, and BNRE

Should you be buying Voya Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Voya Financial include Principal Financial Group (PFG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), 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.

Voya Financial vs.

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

75.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Voya Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Principal Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Voya Financial. Voya Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Principal Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Principal Financial Group$15.77B1.16$1.57B$4.6717.41
Voya Financial$7.83B0.85$667M$5.3013.07

Principal Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Voya Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Principal Financial Group pays out 65.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Voya Financial pays out 34.0% 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. Principal Financial Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Voya Financial has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Principal Financial Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Voya Financial received 612 more outperform votes than Principal Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.43% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 7.81% of users gave Principal Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Principal Financial GroupOutperform Votes
5
7.81%
Underperform Votes
59
92.19%
Voya FinancialOutperform Votes
617
67.43%
Underperform Votes
298
32.57%

Principal Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $83.85, indicating a potential upside of 3.13%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $82.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.38%. Given Voya Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Principal Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Principal Financial Group
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Voya Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Principal Financial Group has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 8.29%. Principal Financial Group's return on equity of 14.68% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Principal Financial Group9.74% 14.68% 0.52%
Voya Financial 8.29%14.10%0.51%

In the previous week, Principal Financial Group had 7 more articles in the media than Voya Financial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Principal Financial Group and 10 mentions for Voya Financial. Principal Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Voya Financial's score of 0.79 indicating that Principal Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Principal Financial Group
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Voya Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Principal Financial Group beats Voya Financial on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VOYA vs. The Competition

MetricVoya FinancialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.66B$22.31B$11.67B$19.75B
Dividend Yield2.61%3.21%5.46%3.84%
P/E Ratio11.328.4922.9635.28
Price / Sales0.851.3226.6934.27
Price / Cash8.469.7017.6217.51
Price / Book1.151.432.864.77
Net Income$667M$1.64B$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.63%1.29%0.55%0.22%
1 Month Performance22.07%10.26%8.15%10.45%
1 Year Performance-6.56%12.09%539.39%5.21%

Voya Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9607 of 5 stars
$69.27
-0.4%
$82.00
+18.4%
-7.4%$6.66B$7.83B11.326,000Analyst Forecast
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.9236 of 5 stars
$81.70
+3.5%
$83.54
+2.3%
-4.5%$18.32B$15.77B12.2319,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RYAN
Ryan Specialty
2.9114 of 5 stars
$69.12
-0.9%
$75.67
+9.5%
+29.5%$18.10B$2.65B100.173,850Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5376 of 5 stars
$32.57
+4.6%
$36.62
+12.4%
+5.0%$17.92B$16.06B8.627,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EQH
Equitable
4.5488 of 5 stars
$53.90
+5.0%
$61.08
+13.3%
+31.7%$16.38B$14.78B14.118,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AEG
Aegon
3.7519 of 5 stars
$6.76
+0.7%
N/A+2.0%$14.89B$19.52B7.0422,300Upcoming Earnings
Buyback Announcement
High Trading Volume
EG
Everest Group
4.9016 of 5 stars
$348.35
+0.1%
$397.18
+14.0%
-11.6%$14.82B$17.23B11.092,430Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$58.63
+3.4%
N/AN/A$14.34B$14.34B183.2260Positive News
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
1.5168 of 5 stars
$456.70
+0.6%
$470.00
+2.9%
+20.7%$10.65B$1.64B25.67470Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GL
Globe Life
4.5701 of 5 stars
$120.67
-1.0%
$137.00
+13.5%
+41.8%$10.05B$5.84B10.103,540Analyst Forecast
BNRE
Brookfield Reinsurance
N/A$56.71
-2.3%
N/A+34.0%$8.25B$9.35B195.5660

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