Head to Head Comparison: AXA (OTCMKTS:AXAHY) and SiriusPoint (NYSE:SPNT)

AXA (OTCMKTS:AXAHY) and SiriusPoint (NYSE:SPNT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for AXA and SiriusPoint, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AXA	0	0	2	1	3.33
SiriusPoint	0	3	2	2	2.86

SiriusPoint has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.98%. Given SiriusPoint’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SiriusPoint is more favorable than AXA.

Risk & Volatility

AXA has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SiriusPoint has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares AXA and SiriusPoint’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AXA	N/A	N/A	N/A
SiriusPoint	6.97%	11.31%	1.71%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares AXA and SiriusPoint”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AXA	$78.03 billion	1.27	$8.53 billion	N/A	N/A
SiriusPoint	$2.60 billion	0.92	$199.90 million	$1.59	12.89

AXA has higher revenue and earnings than SiriusPoint.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of AXA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of SiriusPoint shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of SiriusPoint shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SiriusPoint beats AXA on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AXA

AXA SA, through its subsidiaries, provides insurance, asset management, and banking services worldwide. The company operates through six segments: France; Europe; AXA XL; Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM; AXA Investment Managers; and Transversal & Other segments It offers life and savings insurance products, such as savings and retirement, other health, and personal protection products. The company also provides property and casualty insurance products, including car, home, and personal or professional liability to individual and business clients; international insurance for large corporate clients in Europe; and marine and aviation insurance services, as well as property and casualty reinsurance products. In addition, it offers asset management services in the areas of various asset classes, including equities, bonds, hedge funds, private equity, and real estate for the group’s insurance companies and their clients, and retail and institutional clients. Further, the company provides motor, household, property and general liability, health, term life, whole life, universal life, endowment, deferred and immediate annuities, and other investment-based products for personal/individual and commercial/ group customers. AXA SA was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

About SiriusPoint

SiriusPoint Ltd. provides multi-line insurance and reinsurance products and services worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Reinsurance, and Insurance & Services. The Reinsurance segment provides aviation and space, accident and health, casualty, credit, marine and energy, property to insurance and reinsurance companies, government entities, and other risk bearing vehicles. This segment offers medical insurance products, trip cancellation programs, medical management services, and 24/7 emergency medical and travel assistance services. The Insurance & Services segment provides accident and health, marine and energy, property and casualty, mortgage, environmental, workers' compensation, commercial auto lines, professional liability, and other lines of business. The company was formerly known as Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. and changed its name to SiriusPoint Ltd. in February 2021. SiriusPoint Ltd. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.