LNC vs. UNM, PRI, AEL, CNO, NWLI, CIA, MET, AFL, PRU, and CRBG
Should you be buying Lincoln National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lincoln National include Unum Group (UNM), Primerica (PRI), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), CNO Financial Group (CNO), National Western Life Group (NWLI), Citizens (CIA), MetLife (MET), Aflac (AFL), Prudential Financial (PRU), and Corebridge Financial (CRBG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC) and Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Lincoln National currently has a consensus target price of $29.90, indicating a potential downside of 7.80%. Unum Group has a consensus target price of $57.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.85%. Given Unum Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unum Group is more favorable than Lincoln National.
Lincoln National pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Unum Group pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Lincoln National pays out 24.6% 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.
Lincoln National received 107 more outperform votes than Unum Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.54% of users gave Lincoln National an outperform vote while only 46.44% of users gave Unum Group an outperform vote.
72.8% of Lincoln National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Unum Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Lincoln National shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Unum Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Lincoln National had 20 more articles in the media than Unum Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Lincoln National and 5 mentions for Unum Group. Unum Group's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Lincoln National's score of 0.08 indicating that Unum Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lincoln National has a net margin of 11.31% compared to Unum Group's net margin of 10.52%. Lincoln National's return on equity of 19.50% beat Unum Group's return on equity.
Unum Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lincoln National. Lincoln National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unum Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lincoln National has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unum Group has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Unum Group beats Lincoln National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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