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National Western Life Group (NWLI) Competitors

$492.60
-0.42 (-0.09%)
(As of 06/7/2024 08:52 PM ET)

NWLI vs. FFG, BHF, GNW, IHC, VERY, LNC, AEL, CNO, CIA, and AFL

Should you be buying National Western Life Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Western Life Group include FBL Financial Group (FFG), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Genworth Financial (GNW), Independence (IHC), Vericity (VERY), Lincoln National (LNC), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), CNO Financial Group (CNO), Citizens (CIA), and Aflac (AFL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

National Western Life Group vs.

National Western Life Group (NASDAQ:NWLI) and FBL Financial Group (NYSE:FFG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

National Western Life Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FBL Financial Group. National Western Life Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FBL Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National Western Life Group$703.35M2.55$94.43M$44.0411.19
FBL Financial Group$732.27M2.03$72.51M$3.7316.35

In the previous week, National Western Life Group had 4 more articles in the media than FBL Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for National Western Life Group and 0 mentions for FBL Financial Group. National Western Life Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat FBL Financial Group's score of 0.00 indicating that National Western Life Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
National Western Life Group Positive
FBL Financial Group Neutral

81.6% of National Western Life Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of FBL Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of National Western Life Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FBL Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
National Western Life Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
FBL Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

FBL Financial Group received 131 more outperform votes than National Western Life Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.00% of users gave National Western Life Group an outperform vote while only 50.45% of users gave FBL Financial Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
National Western Life GroupOutperform Votes
150
53.00%
Underperform Votes
133
47.00%
FBL Financial GroupOutperform Votes
281
50.45%
Underperform Votes
276
49.55%

National Western Life Group pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. FBL Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. National Western Life Group pays out 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FBL Financial Group pays out 55.8% 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.

National Western Life Group has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FBL Financial Group has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.

National Western Life Group has a net margin of 20.22% compared to FBL Financial Group's net margin of 13.03%. National Western Life Group's return on equity of 6.40% beat FBL Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National Western Life Group20.22% 6.40% 1.24%
FBL Financial Group 13.03%6.02%0.88%

Summary

National Western Life Group beats FBL Financial Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NWLI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NWLI vs. The Competition

MetricNational Western Life GroupLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.79B$17.26B$8.92B$7.47B
Dividend Yield0.07%3.22%10.73%4.06%
P/E Ratio11.198.4453.9013.82
Price / Sales2.551.253,515.7972.30
Price / Cash18.1721.7127.5328.99
Price / Book0.731.312.434.51
Net Income$94.43M$1.05B$998.68M$214.27M
7 Day Performance0.41%-1.44%-0.08%0.91%
1 Month Performance0.40%-1.36%0.61%2.14%
1 Year Performance26.56%22.44%17.79%4.96%

National Western Life Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFG
FBL Financial Group
0 of 5 stars
$60.99
flat
N/AN/A$1.49B$732.27M14.591,754High Trading Volume
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
4.289 of 5 stars
$42.90
-1.2%
$50.29
+17.2%
-3.5%$2.66B$4.12B-2.251,500Positive News
GNW
Genworth Financial
3.7401 of 5 stars
$6.26
-0.8%
$7.00
+11.8%
+9.6%$2.74B$7.49B32.952,700Positive News
IHC
Independence
0 of 5 stars
$57.01
flat
N/A+0.0%$841.47M$443.86M7.97550
VERY
Vericity
0 of 5 stars
$11.41
+0.2%
N/A+73.8%$169.78M$177.57M-12.40458
LNC
Lincoln National
4.9461 of 5 stars
$32.32
-0.2%
$29.90
-7.5%
+40.4%$5.50B$11.65B4.4211,024
AEL
American Equity Investment Life
0.6092 of 5 stars
$56.47
+0.6%
$55.33
-2.0%
+33.0%$4.49B$2.84B26.39995High Trading Volume
CNO
CNO Financial Group
4.5221 of 5 stars
$28.22
-0.1%
$27.50
-2.6%
+17.8%$3.06B$4.15B8.233,500
CIA
Citizens
1.3995 of 5 stars
$3.03
-0.7%
N/A+30.1%$150.20M$240.68M6.45232
AFL
Aflac
4.0836 of 5 stars
$88.20
+0.2%
$82.38
-6.6%
+28.7%$50.12B$18.70B9.7412,785Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NWLI) was last updated on 6/10/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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