SAFT vs. AGO, MCY, HTH, STC, HCI, EIG, AMSF, PRA, UFCS, and DGICA
Should you be buying Safety Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safety Insurance Group include Assured Guaranty (AGO), Mercury General (MCY), Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), Employers (EIG), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), United Fire Group (UFCS), and Donegal Group (DGICA). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Safety Insurance Group vs.
Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) and Safety Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SAFT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 70.37% compared to Safety Insurance Group's net margin of 6.86%. Assured Guaranty's return on equity of 11.58% beat Safety Insurance Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Assured Guaranty had 1 more articles in the media than Safety Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Assured Guaranty and 4 mentions for Safety Insurance Group. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Safety Insurance Group's score of 1.23 indicating that Assured Guaranty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Assured Guaranty received 254 more outperform votes than Safety Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.83% of users gave Assured Guaranty an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave Safety Insurance Group an outperform vote.
Assured Guaranty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Safety Insurance Group. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Safety Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Safety Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Safety Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Assured Guaranty pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Safety Insurance Group pays out 75.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Assured Guaranty presently has a consensus price target of $103.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.47%. Given Assured Guaranty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Assured Guaranty is more favorable than Safety Insurance Group.
Assured Guaranty has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safety Insurance Group has a beta of 0.13, indicating that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Assured Guaranty beats Safety Insurance Group on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SAFT) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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