UTG (OTCMKTS:UTGN – Get Rating) is one of 43 public companies in the “Life insurance” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare UTG to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares UTG and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| UTG | 49.14% | 12.34% | 4.28% |
| UTG Competitors | 8.62% | 7.49% | 0.90% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
50.5% of shares of all “Life insurance” companies are owned by institutional investors. 70.6% of UTG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of shares of all “Life insurance” companies are owned by 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.
Volatility and Risk
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for UTG and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| UTG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| UTG Competitors | 312 | 1924 | 1735 | 55 | 2.38 |
As a group, “Life insurance” companies have a potential upside of 241.29%. Given UTG’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UTG has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares UTG and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| UTG | $69.71 million | $34.26 million | 6.73 |
| UTG Competitors | $20.28 billion | $1.34 billion | 56.07 |
UTG’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than UTG. UTG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Summary
UTG peers beat UTG on 6 of the 10 factors compared.
About UTG
UTG, Inc., an insurance holding company, provides individual life insurance products and services in the United States. Its individual life insurance includes servicing of existing insurance business in-force; the acquisition of other companies in the insurance business; and the administration processing of life insurance business for other entities. In addition, it offers reinsurance products. UTG, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Stanford, Kentucky.
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