EG vs. AIG, TRV, ALL, ACGL, HIG, MKL, WRB, CINF, L, and RNR
Should you be buying Everest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Everest Group include American International Group (AIG), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Markel Group (MKL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Loews (L), and RenaissanceRe (RNR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Everest Group (NYSE:EG) and American International Group (NYSE:AIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Everest Group. Everest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American International Group received 849 more outperform votes than Everest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.05% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Everest Group an outperform vote.
Everest Group currently has a consensus price target of $432.11, suggesting a potential upside of 10.53%. American International Group has a consensus price target of $81.06, suggesting a potential upside of 2.85%. Given Everest Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Everest Group is more favorable than American International Group.
Everest Group pays an annual dividend of $8.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Everest Group pays out 11.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American International Group pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Everest Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
92.6% of Everest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of American International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Everest Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of American International Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, American International Group had 2 more articles in the media than Everest Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for American International Group and 11 mentions for Everest Group. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Everest Group's score of 0.55 indicating that American International Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Everest Group has a net margin of 18.69% compared to American International Group's net margin of 9.98%. Everest Group's return on equity of 24.86% beat American International Group's return on equity.
Everest Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American International Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Everest Group beats American International Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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