Analyzing F&G Annuities & Life (FG) & The Competition

F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) is one of 311 public companies in the “Insurance” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare F&G Annuities & Life to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for F&G Annuities & Life and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
F&G Annuities & Life	2	2	0	0	1.50
F&G Annuities & Life Competitors	3338	15688	16538	742	2.40

F&G Annuities & Life presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.78%. As a group, “Insurance” companies have a potential upside of 5.31%. Given F&G Annuities & Life’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe F&G Annuities & Life has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares F&G Annuities & Life and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
F&G Annuities & Life	6.89%	10.28%	0.50%
F&G Annuities & Life Competitors	9.08%	-9.84%	4.11%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.8% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares F&G Annuities & Life and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
F&G Annuities & Life	$5.73 billion	$265.00 million	3.41
F&G Annuities & Life Competitors	$15.26 billion	$1.70 billion	34.48

F&G Annuities & Life’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than F&G Annuities & Life. F&G Annuities & Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&G Annuities & Life’s rivals have a beta of -1.59, meaning that their average share price is 259% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

F&G Annuities & Life pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. F&G Annuities & Life pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Insurance” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.9% and pay out 31.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. F&G Annuities & Life has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. F&G Annuities & Life is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

F&G Annuities & Life rivals beat F&G Annuities & Life on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

F&G Annuities & Life Company Profile

F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. engages in the provision of fixed annuity and life insurance products. It specializes in life insurance, annuities, retirement planning and wealth transfer. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.