Vericity (VERY) and Its Rivals Head-To-Head Survey

Vericity (NASDAQ:VERY) is one of 41 public companies in the “Life insurance” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Vericity to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.9% of Vericity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of shares of all “Life insurance” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Vericity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of shares of all “Life insurance” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Vericity has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vericity’s peers have a beta of 0.84, indicating that their average share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Vericity and its peers, 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	2371	2037	73	2.38

As a group, “Life insurance” companies have a potential upside of 61.52%. Given Vericity’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vericity has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Vericity and its peers’ 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%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vericity	$177.57 million	-$9.89 million	-16.71
Vericity Competitors	$21.22 billion	$1.30 billion	-22,610.00

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

Summary

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

Vericity Company Profile

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.