Selective Insurance Group (SIGI) Competitors

Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI) and Erie Indemnity (NASDAQ:ERIE) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, SIGI or ERIE?

Selective Insurance Group has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Erie Indemnity has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SIGI or ERIE a better dividend stock?

Selective Insurance Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Erie Indemnity pays an annual dividend of $5.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Selective Insurance Group pays out 47.2% 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. Selective Insurance Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Erie Indemnity has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years. Selective Insurance Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SIGI or ERIE?

Erie Indemnity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Selective Insurance Group. Selective Insurance Group 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
Selective Insurance Group	$4.86B	1.06	$207.01M	$3.22	26.43
Erie Indemnity	$3.86B	5.34	$446.06M	$11.48	38.91

Do analysts recommend SIGI or ERIE?

Selective Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of $98.71, indicating a potential upside of 16.00%. Given Selective Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Selective Insurance Group is more favorable than Erie Indemnity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Selective Insurance Group	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Erie Indemnity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to SIGI or ERIE?

In the previous week, Selective Insurance Group had 3 more articles in the media than Erie Indemnity. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Selective Insurance Group and 4 mentions for Erie Indemnity. Selective Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Erie Indemnity's score of 0.68 indicating that Selective Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Selective Insurance Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Erie Indemnity	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SIGI or ERIE?

Selective Insurance Group received 68 more outperform votes than Erie Indemnity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.59% of users gave Erie Indemnity an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Selective Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Selective Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 309 59.65%	Underperform Votes 209 40.35%
Erie Indemnity	Outperform Votes 241 63.59%	Underperform Votes 138 36.41%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SIGI or ERIE?

82.9% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.8% of Erie Indemnity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SIGI or ERIE more profitable?

Erie Indemnity has a net margin of 15.16% compared to Selective Insurance Group's net margin of 4.26%. Erie Indemnity's return on equity of 31.22% beat Selective Insurance Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Selective Insurance Group	4.26%	7.33%	1.62%
Erie Indemnity	15.16%	31.22%	21.14%

Summary

Selective Insurance Group beats Erie Indemnity on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.