Head to Head Review: Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) & Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT)

Assurant (NYSE:AIZ) and Brookfield Wealth Solutions (NYSE:BNT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

Assurant pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Assurant pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Wealth Solutions pays out 112.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Assurant has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Assurant is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Assurant and Brookfield Wealth Solutions, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Assurant	0	2	4	0	2.67
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0	0	0	0	0.00

Assurant presently has a consensus target price of $234.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.99%. Given Assurant’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Assurant is more favorable than Brookfield Wealth Solutions.

Volatility and Risk

Assurant has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Assurant and Brookfield Wealth Solutions”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Assurant	$11.88 billion	0.88	$760.20 million	$14.47	14.20
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	$14.34 billion	0.59	$1.21 billion	$0.32	181.13

Brookfield Wealth Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Assurant. Assurant is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Wealth Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Assurant and Brookfield Wealth Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Assurant	6.40%	17.25%	2.55%
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0.10%	0.14%	0.01%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.7% of Assurant shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Assurant shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Assurant beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Assurant

Assurant, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides business services that supports, protects, and connects consumer purchases in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through two segments: Global Lifestyle and Global Housing. The Global Lifestyle segment offers mobile device solutions, and extended service contracts and related services for consumer electronics and appliances, and credit and other insurance products; and vehicle protection, commercial equipment, and other related services. The Global Housing segment provides lender-placed homeowners, manufactured housing, and flood insurance; renters insurance and related products; and voluntary manufactured housing, and condominium and homeowners insurance products. The company was formerly known as Fortis, Inc. and changed its name to Assurant, Inc. in February 2004. Assurant, Inc. was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Brookfield Wealth Solutions

Brookfield Wealth Solutions is focused on securing the financial futures of individuals and institutions through a range of retirement services, wealth protection products and tailored capital solutions. Through our operating subsidiaries, we offer a broad range of insurance products and services, including annuities, personal and commercial property and casualty insurance and life insurance.The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.