AFG vs. HIG, L, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, AIG, ACGL, MKL, and WRB
Should you be buying American Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Financial Group include The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), American International Group (AIG), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Markel Group (MKL), and W. R. Berkley (WRB).
American Financial Group vs.
American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) and The Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. American Financial Group pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Hartford Financial Services Group pays out 20.1% 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. American Financial Group has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and The Hartford Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. American Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
American Financial Group has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hartford Financial Services Group has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hartford Financial Services Group received 343 more outperform votes than American Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave The Hartford Financial Services Group an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has a net margin of 11.72% compared to American Financial Group's net margin of 10.66%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 20.30% beat The Hartford Financial Services Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, American Financial Group and American Financial Group both had 16 articles in the media. The Hartford Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat American Financial Group's score of -0.05 indicating that The Hartford Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $143.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.79%. The Hartford Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $122.94, suggesting a potential upside of 10.40%. Given American Financial Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe American Financial Group is more favorable than The Hartford Financial Services Group.
64.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of American Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of The Hartford Financial Services Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Hartford Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than American Financial Group. The Hartford Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Hartford Financial Services Group beats American Financial Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AFG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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