AGO vs. CNA, ORI, AXS, RLI, FAF, THG, SIGI, WTM, MCY, and HTH
Should you be buying Assured Guaranty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Assured Guaranty include 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), Mercury General (MCY), and Hilltop (HTH). These companies are all part of the "property & casualty insurance" industry.
Assured Guaranty vs.
Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO) and CNA Financial (NYSE:CNA) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
Assured Guaranty has a net margin of 70.37% compared to CNA Financial's net margin of 6.72%. CNA Financial's return on equity of 12.90% beat Assured Guaranty's return on equity.
Assured Guaranty currently has a consensus price target of $103.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.28%. CNA Financial has a consensus price target of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.39%. Given Assured Guaranty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Assured Guaranty is more favorable than CNA Financial.
In the previous week, CNA Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Assured Guaranty. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CNA Financial and 5 mentions for Assured Guaranty. Assured Guaranty's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat CNA Financial's score of 1.07 indicating that Assured Guaranty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Assured Guaranty received 102 more outperform votes than CNA Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.83% of users gave Assured Guaranty an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave CNA Financial an outperform vote.
Assured Guaranty pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. CNA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Assured Guaranty pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNA Financial pays out 52.3% 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.
Assured Guaranty has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNA Financial has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CNA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Assured Guaranty. Assured Guaranty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.2% of Assured Guaranty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of CNA Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Assured Guaranty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CNA Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Assured Guaranty beats CNA Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AGO) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
