Financial Jackson (NYSE:JXN – Get a rating) is one of 44 publicly traded companies in the life insurance industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Jackson Financial to related companies based on valuation strength, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Dividends
Jackson Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Jackson Financial pays 8.7% of its earnings as a dividend. As a group, the “life insurance” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.7% and pay out 12.3% of their profits as a dividend. Jackson Financial is clearly a better dividend-paying stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of the current ratings of Jackson Financial and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sales Ratings | Hold odds | Buy reviews | Strong buy odds | Rating | |
| Financial Jackson | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Jackson Financial competitors | 620 | 2172 | 2315 | 84 | 2.36 |
Jackson Financial currently has a consensus target price of $41.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.16%. As a group, the Life Insurance companies have an upside potential of 34.78%. Given that Jackson Financial’s rivals have a higher consensus rating and higher possible upside potential, analysts clearly believe that Jackson Financial has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.
Valuation and benefits
This chart compares the gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS), and valuation of Jackson Financial and its rivals.
| Gross revenue | Net revenue | Price/earnings ratio | |
| Financial Jackson | $8.85 billion | $3.18 billion | 1.36 |
| Jackson Financial competitors | $20.22 billion | $1.69 billion | 12:43 p.m. |
Jackson Financial’s rivals have higher incomes, but lower incomes than Jackson Financial. Jackson Financial trades at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares the net margins, return on equity and return on assets of Jackson Financial and its competitors.
| Net margins | Return on equity | return on assets | |
| Financial Jackson | 29.79% | 20.22% | 0.60% |
| Jackson Financial competitors | 9.61% | 7.97% | 0.83% |
Institutional and insider ownership
81.2% of Jackson Financial shares are held by institutional investors. In comparison, 59.3% of the shares of all “Life insurance” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of the shares of all “Life insurance” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership indicates that large fund managers, hedge funds, and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Rivals Jackson Financial beat Jackson Financial on 8 of the 14 factors compared.
Jackson Financial Company Profile (Get a rating)
Jackson Financial Inc., through its subsidiaries, primarily provides a series of annuities to retail investors in the United States. The Company operates through three segments: retail annuities, institutional products, and closed life and annuity blocks. The Retail Annuities segment offers a variety of retirement income and savings products, including variable, indexed fixed, fixed and payout annuities, as well as indexed registered annuities and life income solutions. The Institutional Products segment offers traditional guaranteed investment contracts; financing agreements including agreements issued in connection with its participation in the US federal home loan program; and notes backed by a medium-term financing agreement. The Closed Block Life and Annuities segment offers various protection products, such as whole life, universal life, variable universal life and term life insurance products, as well as fixed, index-linked and immediate annuities. This segment also offers a block of immediate group annuities. The company also offers investment management services. It sells its products through a distribution network that includes independent brokers, banks and other financial institutions, regional connection houses and brokers, as well as independent registered investment advisers, third-party platforms and insurance agents. Jackson Financial Inc. was formerly known as Brooke (Holdco1) Inc. and changed its name to Jackson Financial Inc. in July 2020. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Lansing, Michigan.
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