Analyzing Amacore Group (OTCMKTS:ACGI) and MetLife (NYSE:MET)

MetLife (NYSE:MET) and Amacore Group (OTCMKTS:ACGI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MetLife and Amacore Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MetLife	$77.08 billion	0.67	$3.38 billion	$4.70	16.79
Amacore Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

MetLife has higher revenue and earnings than Amacore Group.

Risk & Volatility

MetLife has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amacore Group has a beta of 3.35, suggesting that its stock price is 235% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for MetLife and Amacore Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MetLife	0	3	8	2	2.92
Amacore Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

MetLife currently has a consensus price target of $95.58, indicating a potential upside of 21.16%. Given MetLife’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MetLife is more favorable than Amacore Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.0% of MetLife shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of MetLife shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares MetLife and Amacore Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MetLife	4.38%	21.81%	0.87%
Amacore Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

MetLife beats Amacore Group on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MetLife

MetLife, Inc., a financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide. It operates through six segments: Retirement and Income Solutions; Group Benefits; Asia; Latin America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and MetLife Holdings. The company offers life, dental, group short-and long-term disability, individual disability, pet insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, vision, and accident and health coverages, as well as prepaid legal plans; administrative services-only arrangements to employers; and general and separate account, and synthetic guaranteed interest contracts, as well as private floating rate funding agreements. It also provides pension risk transfers, institutional income annuities, structured settlements, and capital markets investment products; and other products and services, such as life insurance products and funding agreements for funding postretirement benefits, as well as company, bank, or trust-owned life insurance used to finance nonqualified benefit programs for executives. In addition, it provides fixed, indexed-linked, and variable annuities; pension products; regular savings products; whole and term life, endowments, universal and variable life, and group life products; longevity reinsurance solutions; credit insurance products; and protection against long-term health care services. MetLife, Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.

About Amacore Group

The Amacore Group, Inc. provides and markets healthcare-related membership products for individuals and families. Its products include limited and major medical insurance programs, supplemental medical insurance, and discount dental and vision programs. The company also provides and markets lifestyle membership programs, including insurance discounts, discount benefit savings, ID theft, legal counsel, credit management, automotive warranties, employment protection, and a host of others. The company serves insurance carriers, financial institutions, affiliate marketers, direct marketers, insurance agents, and fortune 500 companies. It distributes its products and services through various distribution methods, such as its agent network, inbound call center, in-house sales representatives, network marketing, and affinity marketing partners, as well as through third-party direct response marketers. The Amacore Group, Inc. was formerly known as Eye Care International Inc. and changed its name to The Amacore Group, Inc. in April 2005. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Maitland, Florida.