HTH vs. RLI, AXS, FAF, SIGI, THG, WTM, AGO, MCY, STC, and SAFT
Should you be buying Hilltop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilltop include RLI (RLI), AXIS Capital (AXS), First American Financial (FAF), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Stewart Information Services (STC), and Safety Insurance Group (SAFT). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
RLI (NYSE:RLI) and Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
RLI received 18 more outperform votes than Hilltop when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.53% of users gave RLI an outperform vote while only 53.76% of users gave Hilltop an outperform vote.
RLI pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. RLI pays out 16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilltop pays out 39.8% 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. RLI has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Hilltop has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Hilltop is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
RLI has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilltop has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
77.9% of RLI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Hilltop shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of RLI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.9% of Hilltop shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
RLI has a net margin of 20.96% compared to RLI's net margin of 6.95%. Hilltop's return on equity of 17.24% beat RLI's return on equity.
RLI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hilltop. Hilltop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RLI presently has a consensus target price of $163.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.73%. Hilltop has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.68%. Given Hilltop's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe RLI is more favorable than Hilltop.
In the previous week, RLI had 1 more articles in the media than Hilltop. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RLI and 2 mentions for Hilltop. Hilltop's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat RLI's score of 0.00 indicating that RLI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
RLI beats Hilltop on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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