AFG vs. Y, CNA, RNR, KNSL, RLI, HIG, L, AIZ, KMPR, and GNW
Should you be buying American Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Financial Group include Alleghany (Y), CNA Financial (CNA), RenaissanceRe (RNR), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), RLI (RLI), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), Loews (L), Assurant (AIZ), Kemper (KMPR), and Genworth Financial (GNW). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Alleghany (NYSE:Y) and American Financial Group (NYSE:AFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Alleghany had 5 more articles in the media than American Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Alleghany and 5 mentions for American Financial Group. Alleghany's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat American Financial Group's score of 0.39 indicating that American Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alleghany has higher revenue and earnings than American Financial Group. American Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alleghany, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Financial Group received 7 more outperform votes than Alleghany when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave American Financial Group an outperform vote while only 59.06% of users gave Alleghany an outperform vote.
83.4% of Alleghany shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of American Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Alleghany 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alleghany has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Financial Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Financial Group has a consensus price target of $135.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.72%. Given Alleghany's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Financial Group is more favorable than Alleghany.
American Financial Group has a net margin of 11.03% compared to American Financial Group's net margin of 3.03%. Alleghany's return on equity of 21.34% beat American Financial Group's return on equity.
Summary
American Financial Group beats Alleghany on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AFG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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