AFG vs. AIG, HIG, L, AIZ, KMPR, GNW, HMN, ACGL, WRB, and MKL
Should you be buying American Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Financial Group include American International Group (AIG), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), Genworth Financial (GNW), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), W. R. Berkley (WRB), and Markel Group (MKL).
American Financial Group vs.
American International Group (NYSE:AIG) and American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.
American International Group received 552 more outperform votes than American Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.62% of users gave American International Group an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American International Group had 5 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for American International Group and 6 mentions for American Financial Group. American International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat American Financial Group's score of 0.42 indicating that American International Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.6% of American International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of American International Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of American Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American International Group currently has a consensus price target of $84.13, suggesting a potential upside of 12.07%. American Financial Group has a consensus price target of $148.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.71%. Given American International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American International Group is more favorable than American Financial Group.
American Financial Group has a net margin of 10.84% compared to American International Group's net margin of -6.19%. American Financial Group's return on equity of 19.97% beat American International Group's return on equity.
American International Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Financial Group has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American International Group has higher revenue and earnings than American Financial Group. American International 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.
American International Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. American Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. American International Group pays out -47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Financial Group pays out 30.0% 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. American Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
American International Group beats American Financial Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AFG) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
