Head to Head Review: Security National Financial (SNFCA) & Its Competitors

Security National Financial (NASDAQ:SNFCA) is one of 311 public companies in the “Insurance” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Security National Financial to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

45.6% of Security National Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Security National Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Security National Financial and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Security National Financial	0	0	1	0	3.00
Security National Financial Competitors	3347	15715	16565	747	2.40

As a group, “Insurance” companies have a potential upside of 4.41%. Given Security National Financial’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Security National Financial has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Security National Financial and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Security National Financial	10.91%	8.21%	2.24%
Security National Financial Competitors	8.64%	-9.90%	4.10%

Risk and Volatility

Security National Financial has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Security National Financial’s competitors have a beta of -1.59, meaning that their average share price is 259% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Security National Financial and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Security National Financial	$344.59 million	$32.15 million	6.73
Security National Financial Competitors	$15.27 billion	$1.70 billion	33.68

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

Summary

Security National Financial competitors beat Security National Financial on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Security National Financial

Security National Financial Corporation is a diversified financial services holding company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1965, it operates through life insurance, cemetery and mortuary, and mortgage banking businesses. Its insurance operations offer life insurance, annuities, and related products, including coverage designed to help families plan for funeral expenses. Through its cemetery and mortuary businesses, the company provides funeral services and cemetery property. Security National’s mortgage banking operations originate and service residential mortgage loans.