Reviewing Abacus Global Management (ABX) & The Competition

Abacus Global Management (NYSE:ABX) is one of 347 public companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Abacus Global Management to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Abacus Global Management and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abacus Global Management	0	3	1	1	2.60
Abacus Global Management Competitors	1882	6758	11442	410	2.51

Abacus Global Management currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.31%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 4.85%. Given Abacus Global Management’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Abacus Global Management is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Abacus Global Management and its rivals’ 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	-395.10%	-19.60%	-6.59%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Abacus Global Management and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abacus Global Management	$235.24 million	$36.53 million	33.14
Abacus Global Management Competitors	$21.13 billion	$1.05 billion	10.46

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.7% 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, 21.6% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Abacus Global Management has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Abacus Global Management’s rivals have a beta of 2.43, meaning that their average share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Abacus Global Management beats its rivals 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.