Analyzing Abacus Global Management (ABX) and Its Competitors

Abacus Global Management (NYSE:ABX) is one of 348 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Abacus Global Management to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Abacus Global Management and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abacus Global Management	10.55%	21.03%	10.19%
Abacus Global Management Competitors	-406.78%	-18.57%	-6.54%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.5% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 46.4% of Abacus Global Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Abacus Global Management has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abacus Global Management’s competitors have a beta of 2.27, indicating that their average stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Abacus Global Management and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abacus Global Management	0	3	1	1	2.60
Abacus Global Management Competitors	1887	6729	11345	406	2.50

Abacus Global Management currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.31%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 4.33%. Given Abacus Global Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Abacus Global Management is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Abacus Global Management and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abacus Global Management	$235.24 million	$36.53 million	33.14
Abacus Global Management Competitors	$6.29 billion	$1.05 billion	10.05

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

Summary

Abacus Global Management beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Abacus Global Management

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.