EIG vs. AGO, MCY, HTH, STC, SAFT, HCI, AMSF, PRA, UVE, and UFCS
Should you be buying Employers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Employers include Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), Universal Insurance (UVE), and United Fire Group (UFCS). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) and Employers (NYSE:EIG) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 57.45% compared to Assured Guaranty's net margin of 14.16%. Employers' return on equity of 12.48% beat Assured Guaranty's return on equity.
Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Employers pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Assured Guaranty pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Employers pays out 25.4% 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. Assured Guaranty has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Employers has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Assured Guaranty has higher revenue and earnings than Employers. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Employers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Assured Guaranty received 114 more outperform votes than Employers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.69% of users gave Assured Guaranty an outperform vote while only 62.67% of users gave Employers an outperform vote.
Assured Guaranty has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Employers has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Assured Guaranty had 2 more articles in the media than Employers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Assured Guaranty and 6 mentions for Employers. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Employers' score of 0.43 indicating that Employers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Employers shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Employers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Assured Guaranty presently has a consensus target price of $94.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.59%. Employers has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.39%. Given Assured Guaranty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Employers is more favorable than Assured Guaranty.
Summary
Assured Guaranty beats Employers on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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