3 Stocks Moving The Insurance Industry Upward
Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading down 22 points (-0.1%) at 17,716 as of Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,449 issues advancing vs. 1,474 declining with 170 unchanged.
The Insurance industry currently sits down 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Insurance industry higher today. As of noon trading, Aegon is up $0.17 (3.0%) to $5.91 on light volume. Thus far, 480,637 shares of Aegon exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $5.87-$5.93 after having opened the day at $5.88 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $5.74.
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Aegon N.V. provides life insurance, pensions, and asset management services. The company operates through the Americas, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and New Markets. Aegon has a market cap of $14.9 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are down 23.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there is 1 analyst who rates Aegon a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Aegon
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. Get the full
now.
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.39 (1.2%) to $33.42 on light volume. Thus far, 130,097 shares of Sun Life Financial exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 532,600 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $33.06-$33.48 after having opened the day at $33.09 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.03.
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Sun Life Financial Inc., a financial services organization, provides protection and wealth products and services to individuals and corporate customers worldwide. Sun Life Financial has a market cap of $20.1 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are down 8.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 4 analysts who rate Sun Life Financial a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Sun Life Financial
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full
Sun Life Financial Ratings Report
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.20 (1.2%) to $16.70 on light volume. Thus far, 689,210 shares of Manulife Financial exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $16.49-$16.72 after having opened the day at $16.53 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $16.50.
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Manulife Financial Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides financial protection and wealth management products and services to individual, corporate, and business customers primarily in Asia, Canada, and the United States. Manulife Financial has a market cap of $32.2 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are down 13.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 5 analysts who rate Manulife Financial a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Manulife Financial
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full
Manulife Financial Ratings Report
now.
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If you are interested in one of these 3 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the insurance industry could consider
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) while those bearish on the insurance industry could consider
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).