Financial Comparison: Vericity (VERY) & Its Peers

Vericity (NASDAQ:VERYGet Free Report) is one of 42 publicly-traded companies in the “Life insurance” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Vericity to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.9% of Vericity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.8% of shares of all “Life insurance” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Vericity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of shares of all “Life insurance” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vericity and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Gross Revenue Net Income Price/Earnings Ratio
Vericity $177.57 million -$9.89 million -16.63
Vericity Competitors $21.06 billion $1.26 billion -22,530.05

Vericity’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Vericity. Vericity is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Vericity and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vericity 0 0 0 0 N/A
Vericity Competitors 359 2378 2038 73 2.38

As a group, “Life insurance” companies have a potential upside of 54.25%. Given Vericity’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vericity has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Vericity and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vericity -5.57% -9.13% -1.23%
Vericity Competitors 6.56% 12.95% 1.03%

Risk & Volatility

Vericity has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vericity’s competitors have a beta of 0.82, suggesting that their average stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vericity competitors beat Vericity on 9 of the 10 factors compared.

About Vericity

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Vericity, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides life insurance protection products for the middle American market. The company operates through Agency and Insurance segments. The Agency segment sells life insurance products for unaffiliated insurance companies through its call center distribution platform, as well as through its independent agents and other marketing organizations. This segment is also involved in the insurance lead sale activities through its eCoverage web presence. The Insurance segment provides term life, accidental death, and final expense products. Vericity, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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