Contrasting Abacus Life (ABL) and The Competition

Abacus Life (NASDAQ:ABL) is one of 83 publicly-traded companies in the “Investment advice” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Abacus Life to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Abacus Life and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abacus Life	0.11%	4.96%	2.52%
Abacus Life Competitors	13.45%	21.27%	7.61%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Abacus Life and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abacus Life	0	0	1	0	3.00
Abacus Life Competitors	728	3618	3857	145	2.41

Abacus Life presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.69%. As a group, “Investment advice” companies have a potential upside of 4.29%. Given Abacus Life’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Abacus Life is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Abacus Life and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abacus Life	$79.59 million	$9.52 million	510.81
Abacus Life Competitors	$2.14 billion	$277.28 million	17.54

Abacus Life’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Abacus Life. Abacus Life is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

56.2% of shares of all “Investment advice” companies are owned by institutional investors. 47.0% of Abacus Life shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of shares of all “Investment advice” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Abacus Life has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abacus Life’s peers have a beta of 1.11, suggesting that their average stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Abacus Life peers beat Abacus Life on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Abacus Life

Abacus Life, Inc. operates as an alternative asset manager specializing in life insurance products. It purchases life insurance policies from consumers seeking liquidity and manages policies over time via trading, holding, and/or servicing. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Orlando, Florida.