In the first 12 months following the spinoffs, the new businesses outperformed their benchmark companies by a whopping 20%. That isn't modest outperformance... That is outperformance by a huge margin. Another study at Penn State University found similar results. Penn State found that spinoff companies outperformed both their peers and the overall market by 10% annually in their first three years. Wow, wow, wow! A recent spinoff that I think is set up for outperformance is Corebridge Financial (NYSE: CRBG). Corebridge is a life insurance and retirement services company that was recently spun off from American International Group (NYSE: AIG). Corebridge Financial has four major operating segments: - Individual retirement, representing 53% of earnings
- Group retirement, representing 25% of earnings
- Institutional markets, representing 11% of earnings
- Life insurance, representing 10% of earnings.
As you can imagine, selling retirement products and life insurance isn't an exciting business. But it is a good business, and it is very, very cheap. The consensus analyst view for 2023 is for Corebridge to earn $3.72 per share. With Corebridge's current trading price of about $20, that puts its price-to-earnings ratio at a measly 5.3. This valuation is very low, even by the insurance industry standards. Corebridge's peers trade closer to eight times earnings, which is 50% higher than where the stock trades today. On top of this cheap valuation, Corebridge also pays a juicy dividend, which is currently set at $0.23 per quarter. That equates to a stout 4.6% yield at the current stock price. To me, that makes this a spinoff worth owning today. The Value Meter rates this steady Corebridge business as "Slightly Undervalued." Good investing, Jody |
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