Analyzing Corebridge Financial (NYSE:CRBG) & Sony Financial (OTCMKTS:SNYFY)

Sony Financial (OTCMKTS:SNYFY – Get Rating) and Corebridge Financial (NYSE:CRBG – Get Rating) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

22.2% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Sony Financial and Corebridge Financial, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sony Financial	0	0	0	0	N/A
Corebridge Financial	0	4	8	0	2.67

Corebridge Financial has a consensus price target of $24.27, suggesting a potential upside of 45.87%. Given Corebridge Financial’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Corebridge Financial is more favorable than Sony Financial.

Profitability

This table compares Sony Financial and Corebridge Financial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sony Financial	3.33%	9.74%	0.44%
Corebridge Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sony Financial and Corebridge Financial’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sony Financial	$16.39 billion	0.64	$684.76 million	$1.63	14.79
Corebridge Financial	$23.29 billion	0.46	$8.15 billion	N/A	N/A

Corebridge Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Sony Financial.

Summary

Corebridge Financial beats Sony Financial on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sony Financial

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Sony Financial Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial services in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Life Insurance Business, Non-Life Insurance Business, and Banking Business. It offers death protection, medical, educational endowment, living benefit, and other insurance products; and automobile, medical, overseas travel, and fire insurance products, as well as reinsurance services. The company also provides Yen and foreign currency deposits, mortgage loans, and investment trust and other services; and venture capital and credit card settlement services, as well as plans, develops, and operates nursing care homes. It provides its products through lifeplanner sales employees and independent agencies, as well as through Internet. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

About Corebridge Financial

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Corebridge Financial, Inc. provides retirement solutions and insurance products in the United States. It operates through Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Life Insurance, and Institutional Markets segments. The Individual Retirement segment provides fixed annuities, fixed index annuities, variable annuities and retail mutual funds. The Group Retirement segment offers record-keeping services, plan administration and compliance services, and financial planning and advisory solutions to employer-defined contribution plans and their participants, as well as proprietary and non-proprietary annuities, advisory services, and brokerage products. The Life Insurance segment offers term life and universal life insurance in the United States, as well as issues individual life, whole life, and group life insurance in the United Kingdom; and distributes medical insurance in Ireland. The Institutional Markets segment provides stable value wraps, structured settlement and pension risk transfer annuities, corporate and bank owned life insurance, high net worth products, and guaranteed investment contracts. The company was formerly known as SAFG Retirement Services, Inc. Corebridge Financial, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Corebridge Financial, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc.