UFCS vs. HTH, STC, HCI, EIG, SAFT, AMSF, PRA, UVE, DGICA, and GBLI
Should you be buying United Fire Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Fire Group include Hilltop (HTH), Stewart Information Services (STC), HCI Group (HCI), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), Universal Insurance (UVE), Donegal Group (DGICA), and Global Indemnity Group (GBLI). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
United Fire Group vs.
Hilltop (NYSE:HTH) and United Fire Group (NASDAQ:UFCS) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Hilltop has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Fire Group has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
57.1% of Hilltop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of United Fire Group shares are held by institutional investors. 29.3% of Hilltop shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of United Fire Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hilltop pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. United Fire Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Hilltop pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Fire Group pays out 26.9% 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. United Fire Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Hilltop currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.24%. United Fire Group has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.93%. Given United Fire Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Fire Group is more favorable than Hilltop.
In the previous week, United Fire Group had 3 more articles in the media than Hilltop. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for United Fire Group and 1 mentions for Hilltop. Hilltop's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat United Fire Group's score of 1.00 indicating that Hilltop is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hilltop received 20 more outperform votes than United Fire Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.38% of users gave United Fire Group an outperform vote while only 52.71% of users gave Hilltop an outperform vote.
Hilltop has higher revenue and earnings than United Fire Group. United Fire Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilltop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hilltop has a net margin of 7.04% compared to United Fire Group's net margin of 4.94%. United Fire Group's return on equity of 8.84% beat Hilltop's return on equity.
Summary
United Fire Group beats Hilltop on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UFCS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
