HIG vs. AIG, L, AFG, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, CB, TRV, and ALL
Should you be buying The Hartford Financial Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hartford Financial Services Group include American International Group (AIG), Loews (L), American Financial Group (AFG), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Chubb (CB), Travelers Companies (TRV), and Allstate (ALL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American International Group (NYSE:AIG) and The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
American International Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American International Group received 211 more outperform votes than The Hartford Financial Services Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.77% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote.
American International Group presently has a consensus target price of $81.06, indicating a potential upside of 2.85%. The Hartford Financial Services Group has a consensus target price of $105.88, indicating a potential upside of 2.35%. Given The Hartford Financial Services Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American International Group is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 10.87% compared to The Hartford Financial Services Group's net margin of 9.98%. American International Group's return on equity of 20.64% beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity.
American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than The Hartford Financial Services Group. The Hartford Financial Services 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 pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. American International Group pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 21.4% 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. American International Group has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and The Hartford Financial Services Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
In the previous week, American International Group had 8 more articles in the media than The Hartford Financial Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for American International Group and 5 mentions for The Hartford Financial Services Group. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's score of 0.75 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of American International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American International Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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