AGO vs. FNF, CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, FAF, THG, SIGI, WTM, and MCY
Should you be buying Assured Guaranty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assured Guaranty include Fidelity National Financial (FNF), CNA Financial (CNA), Old Republic International (ORI), AXIS Capital (AXS), RLI (RLI), First American Financial (FAF), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), and Mercury General (MCY). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Assured Guaranty vs.
Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) and Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 70.37% compared to Fidelity National Financial's net margin of 5.57%. Fidelity National Financial's return on equity of 13.72% beat Assured Guaranty's return on equity.
Assured Guaranty has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Financial has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Financial had 16 more articles in the media than Assured Guaranty. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Fidelity National Financial and 6 mentions for Assured Guaranty. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Fidelity National Financial's score of 1.12 indicating that Assured Guaranty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Fidelity National Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fidelity National Financial received 19 more outperform votes than Assured Guaranty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.83% of users gave Assured Guaranty an outperform vote while only 64.11% of users gave Fidelity National Financial an outperform vote.
Assured Guaranty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fidelity National Financial. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity National Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Assured Guaranty presently has a consensus price target of $103.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.03%. Fidelity National Financial has a consensus price target of $66.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.60%. Given Assured Guaranty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Assured Guaranty is more favorable than Fidelity National Financial.
Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Fidelity National Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Assured Guaranty pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity National Financial pays out 72.7% 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.
Summary
Assured Guaranty beats Fidelity National Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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