PUK vs SNFCA vs EQH Stock Comparison

Prudential, Security National Financial and Equitable Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PUK Prudential Plc
$23.99 -5.0% 1M -14.1% 1Y
Market cap
$31.24B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Life Insurance Financial Services
2 wins
EQH Equitable Holdings, Inc.
$54.61 +1.4% 1M +11.6% 1Y
Market cap
$15.20B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.62B
Div. yield
0.02%
Life Insurance Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Equitable Holdings leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Equitable Holdings 4, Security National Financial 3, Prudential 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPUKSNFCAEQHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $31.24B $236.44M $15.20B PUK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 6.3x -15.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.7x — 7.9x EQH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -1.1% -22.1% SNFCA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 11.1% -9.3% SNFCA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -6.6% -6.4% EQH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -14.1% +10.0% +11.6% EQH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -10.5%/yr +5.1%/yr +10.1%/yr EQH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.0% 30.0% 33.6% PUK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 39/100 21/100 SNFCA

Percentile Scorecard

PUKSNFCAEQH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisPUKSNFCAEQH
Valuation – 87 #16 of 119 12 #105 of 119
Growth – 24 #87 of 114 3 #111 of 114
Profitability – 28 #80 of 110 8 #101 of 110
Financial Health 72 #32 of 110 43 #63 of 110 6 #104 of 110
Shareholder Returns 45 #59 of 106 13 #92 of 106 75 #27 of 106
Overall – 39 21
  • PUK ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • SNFCA ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • EQH ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodPUKSNFCAEQHSPY
1 month -5.0%+4.2%+1.4% -0.2%
3 months -17.4%-5.7%+10.5% +3.9%
6 months -21.3%-7.8%+30.5% +8.2%
Year to date -22.9%+1.1%+14.6% +12.9%
1 year -14.1%+10.0%+11.6% +12.3%
3 years +18.0%+42.6%+108.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +5.7%+12.6%+27.8% +23.3%
5 years -42.5%+27.9%+62.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year -10.5%+5.1%+10.1% +10.9%
10 years -27.5%+105.6%— +261.1%
10 years, per year -3.2%+7.5%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePUKSNFCAEQHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.0%30.0%33.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.4%30.3%36.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.220.421.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.480.330.35 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.1%-39.5%-37.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.6%-9.0%-0.8% -1.2%
52-week high $33.61$10.01$55.03 $779.14
52-week low $23.53$7.76$35.34 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultiplePUKSNFCAEQH
P/E now vs peer median —median 10.5x 6.4xmedian 10.5x -15.5xmedian 10.5x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.4x 0.6xmedian 1.4x 1.4xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.6x —median 7.6x —median 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 8.5x 26.2xmedian 8.5x 11.3xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.5x 0.1xmedian 1.5x 17.4xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.53 0.69median 0.53 0.37median 0.53

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsPUKSNFCAEQH
Revenue – $335.96M $10.62B
Gross profit – $188.72M $8.95B
Operating income – -$99.03M -$384.00M
Net income – $37.29M -$816.00M
Free cash flow – $8.19M $1.32B
EPS (diluted) – $1.39 $-3.53
Cash & equivalents $5.89B $163.44M $17.18B
Total debt $16.00M $564.03M $3.84B
Shares (diluted) 1.30B 26.89M 278.30M
Enterprise value -$722.27B -$1.80B -$44.52B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricPUKSNFCAEQH
P/E – 6.4x -15.5x
P/FCF – 26.2x 11.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 2.7x 11.0x
P/S – 0.6x 1.4x
P/B 1.5x 0.1x 17.4x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 0.1x 17.4x
EV/EBITDA – – –
EV/EBIT – 1.9x 0.5x
EV/Revenue – -0.5x 0.0x
EV/FCF – -22.5x -0.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – -2.3x -0.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.69 0.37

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPUKSNFCAEQH
Revenue growth (1Y) – -1.1% -22.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -1.8% 3.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -1.0% -16.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -18.6% 9.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 11.4% -131.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -74.1% -29.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – 27.9% -220.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 12.1% -34.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 27.5% -366.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 9.2% -41.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 57.6% -14.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 32.0% 176.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 155.3% -12.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -26.9% 124.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPUKSNFCAEQH
Gross margin – 56.2% 84.3%
EBITDA margin – – –
Operating margin – -29.5% -3.6%
Pretax margin – 14.4% -5.7%
Net margin – 11.1% -9.3%
FCF margin – 2.4% 12.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 24.0% 12.8%
Return on equity – 3.7% -38.7%
Return on assets – 2.3% -0.2%
Return on invested capital – -6.6% -6.4%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover – 0.2x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.2x -1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPUKSNFCAEQH
Debt / assets 0.0% 9.0% 1.1%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.1x 4.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – 17.6x 2.9x
Liabilities / assets 90.8% – 99.7%
Equity / assets 9.2% 100.0% 0.3%
Interest coverage – -23.5x -1.7x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPUKSNFCAEQH
Dividend yield 2.3% – 2.1%
Net buyback yield – 0.8% 11.0%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 0.8% 13.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -38.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 24.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 2.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusPUKSNFCAEQH
Forward P/E 10.7xFY2026 – 7.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.25FY2026 – $6.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.8%FY2026 – +21.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +20.4% – +23.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.28BFY2026 – $16.47BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +112.9%FY2026 – +9.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.8% – +8.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPUKSNFCAEQH
Held by institutions 2.9% 41.5% 95.4%
Institutions holding 282 77 482
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% -1.3% +14.2%
Institutions buying 152 37 214
Institutions selling 96 22 205
Buyers to sellers 1.58 1.68 1.04

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

PUKSNFCAEQH
PUK 1.00 0.13 0.37
SNFCA 0.13 1.00 0.25
EQH 0.37 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PUK, SNFCA and EQH?

Prudential (PUK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Prudential (PUK) $31.24B, Security National Financial (SNFCA) $236.44M, Equitable Holdings (EQH) $15.20B.

Which company is growing faster?

Security National Financial (SNFCA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Security National Financial (SNFCA) -1.1%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) -22.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Security National Financial (SNFCA) has the highest net margin (Security National Financial (SNFCA) 11.1%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) -9.3%). On return on invested capital, Equitable Holdings (EQH) leads (Security National Financial (SNFCA) -6.6%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) -6.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Equitable Holdings (EQH) returned the most: Prudential (PUK) -14.1%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) +10.0%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) +11.6%. Over five years, Equitable Holdings (EQH) compounded fastest (Prudential (PUK) -10.5%/yr, Security National Financial (SNFCA) +5.1%/yr, Equitable Holdings (EQH) +10.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Prudential (PUK) 0.00%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 0.00%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) 0.02%. Prudential (PUK) and Security National Financial (SNFCA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Prudential (PUK) has been the steadiest (Prudential (PUK) 29.0%, Security National Financial (SNFCA) 30.0%, Equitable Holdings (EQH) 33.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PUK, SNFCA and EQH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Equitable Holdings (EQH) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.