Erie Indemnity (ERIE) Competitors

Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) and Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts rate TRV or ERIE?

Travelers Companies presently has a consensus price target of $263.37, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. Given Travelers Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Travelers Companies is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Travelers Companies	3 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Erie Indemnity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TRV or ERIE?

Travelers Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Erie Indemnity. Travelers Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Erie Indemnity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Travelers Companies	$46.43B	1.22	$5.00B	$21.47	11.62
Erie Indemnity	$3.86B	5.02	$446.06M	$11.48	36.56

Does the media prefer TRV or ERIE?

In the previous week, Travelers Companies had 35 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Travelers Companies and 5 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Travelers Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.47 indicating that Travelers Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Travelers Companies	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Erie Indemnity	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TRV or ERIE a better dividend stock?

Travelers Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Travelers Companies pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Erie Indemnity pays out 47.6% 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. Travelers Companies has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Erie Indemnity has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years. Travelers Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, TRV or ERIE?

Travelers Companies has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRV or ERIE?

Travelers Companies received 349 more outperform votes than Erie Indemnity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.59% of users gave Erie Indemnity an outperform vote while only 52.73% of users gave Travelers Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Travelers Companies	Outperform Votes 590 52.73%	Underperform Votes 529 47.27%
Erie Indemnity	Outperform Votes 241 63.59%	Underperform Votes 138 36.41%

Is TRV or ERIE more profitable?

Erie Indemnity has a net margin of 15.16% compared to Travelers Companies' net margin of 10.77%. Erie Indemnity's return on equity of 31.22% beat Travelers Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Travelers Companies	10.77%	19.06%	3.83%
Erie Indemnity	15.16%	31.22%	21.14%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TRV or ERIE?

82.4% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Travelers Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Travelers Companies beats Erie Indemnity on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.