Dec 07, 2010 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the top five companies in the Life & Health Insurance industry as measured by return on equity (ROE). The ROE is a general indication of the company's efficiency; Investors usually look for companies with ROEs that are high and are growing.
Aflac (NYSE:AFL) ranks first with an ROE of 22.7%; Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) ranks second with an ROE of 16.9%; and Torchmark (NYSE:TMK) ranks third with an ROE of 12.5%.
Protective Life (NYSE:PL) follows with an ROE of 10.6% and StanCorp Financial Group (NYSE:SFG) rounds out the top five with an ROE of 10.4%.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Protective Life in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on September 13, 2010 at $21.04. The stock has risen 19.2% since the Uptrend alert was issued.
Write to Chip Brian at cbrian@tradethetrend.com
http://www.zacks.com/research/get_news.php?id=341l1739
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stock Market stat porn for anyone who wants here, the usual movers and shakers are on there. After today’s Met Life news you could probably add them onto the list also, or they’ll be on next weeks.
No comments:
Post a Comment