Assured Guaranty (AGO) Competitors $91.02 -0.52 (-0.57%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends AGO vs. FCFS, RDN, PFSI, CIT, ESNT, FNF, CNA, ORI, RLI, and AXSShould you be buying Assured Guaranty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assured Guaranty include FirstCash (FCFS), Radian Group (RDN), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), CIT Group (CIT), Essent Group (ESNT), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), RLI (RLI), and AXIS Capital (AXS). Assured Guaranty vs. FirstCash Radian Group PennyMac Financial Services CIT Group Essent Group Fidelity National Financial CNA Financial Old Republic International RLI AXIS Capital Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) and FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings. Do analysts prefer AGO or FCFS? Assured Guaranty presently has a consensus price target of $96.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.84%. FirstCash has a consensus price target of $135.67, indicating a potential upside of 28.27%. Given FirstCash's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FirstCash is more favorable than Assured Guaranty.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Assured Guaranty 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67FirstCash 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Does the media refer more to AGO or FCFS? In the previous week, Assured Guaranty had 17 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Assured Guaranty and 7 mentions for FirstCash. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat FirstCash's score of 0.66 indicating that Assured Guaranty is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Assured Guaranty 11 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive FirstCash 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is AGO or FCFS more profitable? Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 70.37% compared to FirstCash's net margin of 7.29%. FirstCash's return on equity of 14.97% beat Assured Guaranty's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Assured Guaranty70.37% 11.58% 5.39% FirstCash 7.29%14.97%6.96% Is AGO or FCFS a better dividend stock? Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. FirstCash pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Assured Guaranty pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstCash pays out 28.1% 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. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AGO or FCFS? 92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of FirstCash shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of FirstCash shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better valuation & earnings, AGO or FCFS? Assured Guaranty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstCash. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstCash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAssured Guaranty$846M5.48$739M$12.877.07FirstCash$3.15B1.50$219.30M$5.4019.59 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AGO or FCFS? Assured Guaranty received 380 more outperform votes than FirstCash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.89% of users gave Assured Guaranty an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave FirstCash an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAssured GuarantyOutperform Votes39866.89% Underperform Votes19733.11% FirstCashOutperform Votes1840.91% Underperform Votes2659.09% Which has more risk & volatility, AGO or FCFS? Assured Guaranty has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstCash has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryAssured Guaranty beats FirstCash on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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.Skip Chart AGO vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAssured GuarantySurety insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.63B$3.54B$10.88B$19.82BDividend Yield1.39%2.23%5.93%3.50%P/E Ratio7.075.6530.1842.32Price / Sales5.488.1264.8120.76Price / Cash8.188.8218.7221.65Price / Book0.800.973.814.66Net Income$739M$354.96M$997.65M$983.45M7 Day Performance3.99%5.68%-0.06%-2.12%1 Month Performance6.93%3.70%1.98%-0.47%1 Year Performance38.90%25.10%25.26%24.69% Assured Guaranty Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AGOAssured Guaranty4.1779 of 5 stars$91.02-0.6%$96.33+5.8%+38.9%$4.63B$1.37B7.07410Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageFCFSFirstCash4.908 of 5 stars$105.77-0.9%N/A-4.5%$4.73B$3.15B19.5919,000Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑News CoverageRDNRadian Group2.0292 of 5 stars$34.63+0.7%N/A+35.1%$5.16B$1.24B8.971,100Dividend AnnouncementPFSIPennyMac Financial Services4.4894 of 5 stars$102.52+1.3%N/A+36.0%$5.26B$1.40B32.553,900Insider SellingCITCIT Group1.7705 of 5 stars$53.50flatN/A+0.0%$5.31B$3.15B7.804,163Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeESNTEssent Group4.3517 of 5 stars$55.50-0.3%N/A+16.3%$5.89B$1.11B8.04350Short Interest ↑Positive NewsFNFFidelity National Financial4.7559 of 5 stars$60.71-0.4%N/A+36.8%$16.61B$11.75B22.081,200Short Interest ↓CNACNA Financial3.4017 of 5 stars$48.99+1.3%N/A+23.3%$13.27B$13.30B10.216,300Analyst UpgradeInsider SellingShort Interest ↑ORIOld Republic International4.636 of 5 stars$37.51+0.5%N/A+32.4%$9.51B$7.26B12.939,200Positive NewsRLIRLI4.5446 of 5 stars$174.85-0.1%N/A+31.3%$8.01B$1.51B19.211,099Stock SplitAXSAXIS Capital4.9502 of 5 stars$86.73+1.9%N/A+62.2%$7.25B$5.64B12.032,048Analyst RevisionPositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies FCFS Competitors RDN Competitors PFSI Competitors CIT Competitors ESNT Competitors FNF Competitors CNA Competitors ORI Competitors RLI Competitors AXS Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThere is a little known company that is changing warfareWith geo - political instability around the world investors are flocking to defense contract stocks. 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