Primerica vs Voya Financial
PRI and VOYA side by side, both in life insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PRI and VOYA compare
Primerica and Voya Financial are about the same size, with market caps of $8.7B and $8.9B.
On earnings, Primerica is cheaper: it trades at 11.3× trailing earnings, against 16.5× for Voya Financial.
Primerica grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.6% versus 3.2% for Voya Financial).
Both pay dividends: Primerica yields 1.7% and Voya Financial 1.9%.
Voya Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 5 for Primerica), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | PRI | VOYA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.7B | $8.9B |
| Share price | $281.09 | $98.05 |
| Change, 1 year | 7.9% | 34.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 58.8% | 43.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.78 | 0.90 |
| Employees | 2,833 | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 11.3× (better) | 16.5× |
| P/S | 2.5× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/B | 3.4× | 1.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.7× | – |
| PEG | 0.49 (better) | 1.22 |
| Fair value | $240.15 | $65.85 |
| Margin of safety | −17.1% (better) | −48.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 8.6% (better) | 3.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.2% (better) | 1.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 14.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 23.0% (better) | 18.4% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 19.1% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | – | 7.4% |
| Return on equity | – | 13.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.45 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.89 (better) | 0.07 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 1.9% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 29.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 15 (better) | 7 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 21.1% | 24.8% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 5.5% | 5.6% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 7.1% | 7.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 94.9% | 107% |
| Held by insiders | 0.54% | 0.30% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$4.5M (better) | −$6.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.5% | 4.1% |
Go deeper
- PRI stock overview
- PRI income statement
- PRI valuation and score
- VOYA stock overview
- VOYA income statement
- VOYA valuation and score
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