UFCS vs. STC, HTH, EIG, SAFT, HCI, AMSF, PRA, UVE, DGICA, and ITIC
Should you be buying United Fire Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Fire Group include Stewart Information Services (STC), Hilltop (HTH), Employers (EIG), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), HCI Group (HCI), AMERISAFE (AMSF), ProAssurance (PRA), Universal Insurance (UVE), Donegal Group (DGICA), and Investors Title (ITIC). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
United Fire Group vs.
United Fire Group (NASDAQ:UFCS) and Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
United Fire Group presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.88%. Stewart Information Services has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.05%. Given Stewart Information Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stewart Information Services is more favorable than United Fire Group.
United Fire Group pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Stewart Information Services pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. United Fire Group pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stewart Information Services pays out 94.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
United Fire Group received 25 more outperform votes than Stewart Information Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave United Fire Group an outperform vote while only 52.41% of users gave Stewart Information Services an outperform vote.
United Fire Group has a net margin of 4.15% compared to Stewart Information Services' net margin of 2.47%. United Fire Group's return on equity of 6.75% beat Stewart Information Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Stewart Information Services had 1 more articles in the media than United Fire Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Stewart Information Services and 2 mentions for United Fire Group. United Fire Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Stewart Information Services' score of 0.64 indicating that United Fire Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stewart Information Services has higher revenue and earnings than United Fire Group. United Fire Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stewart Information Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.7% of United Fire Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Stewart Information Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of United Fire Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Stewart Information Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
United Fire Group has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stewart Information Services has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Stewart Information Services beats United Fire Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UFCS) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
