CB vs. PGR, AIG, TRV, ALL, ACGL, HIG, HDB, MMC, PLD, and TD
Should you be buying Chubb stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chubb include Progressive (PGR), American International Group (AIG), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), HDFC Bank (HDB), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Prologis (PLD), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Progressive (NYSE:PGR) and Chubb (NYSE:CB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Chubb received 156 more outperform votes than Progressive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.47% of users gave Chubb an outperform vote while only 53.07% of users gave Progressive an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Chubb had 23 more articles in the media than Progressive. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Chubb and 23 mentions for Progressive. Chubb's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Progressive's score of 0.55 indicating that Progressive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Progressive presently has a consensus price target of $214.88, indicating a potential upside of 3.78%. Chubb has a consensus price target of $266.74, indicating a potential upside of 0.70%. Given Chubb's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Progressive is more favorable than Chubb.
Progressive pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Chubb pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Progressive pays out 4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chubb pays out 15.3% 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. Chubb has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years. Chubb is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Chubb has a net margin of 17.99% compared to Chubb's net margin of 8.89%. Chubb's return on equity of 29.43% beat Progressive's return on equity.
Chubb has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Progressive. Chubb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progressive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.3% of Progressive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Chubb shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Progressive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Chubb shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Progressive has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chubb has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Chubb beats Progressive on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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