Genworth Financial vs Primerica
GNW and PRI side by side, both in life insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GNW and PRI compare
Primerica is the larger company, worth 2.9 times as much as Genworth Financial ($9.0B against $3.1B).
On earnings, Primerica is cheaper: it trades at 11.6× trailing earnings, against 64.1× for Genworth Financial.
Primerica grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.3% versus −0.59% for Genworth Financial).
Primerica pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Genworth Financial does not pay one.
Primerica scores higher on the StockData Score (5 against 3 for Genworth Financial), 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 | GNW | PRI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.1B | $9.0B |
| Share price | $8.33 | $293.39 |
| Change, 1 year | −1.8% | 13.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 107% | 88.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.65 | 0.76 |
| Employees | 3,100 | 2,833 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 64.1× | 11.6× (better) |
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 2.6× |
| P/B | 0.4× (better) | 3.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.5× (better) | 7.9× |
| PEG | – | 0.51 |
| Fair value | – | $259.22 |
| Margin of safety | – | −13.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.59% | 8.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.5% | 8.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −75.0% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −75.5% | 16.3% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 9.1% | 19.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 0.76% | – |
| Return on equity | 0.63% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 0.14 | 0.95 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 15 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 21.1% |
| Buyback yield | 9.7% (better) | 5.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 9.7% (better) | 6.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 86.8% | 94.9% |
| Held by insiders | 4.5% | 0.54% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$3.3M (better) | −$3.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.3% | 4.4% |
Go deeper
- GNW stock overview
- GNW income statement
- GNW valuation and score
- PRI stock overview
- PRI income statement
- PRI valuation and score
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